Burnbook.com A Cyberbullying Concern For High School Administrators

The Las Vegas Sun (11/3, Takahashi) reported that "the issue of cyberbullying on Burnbook.com has" is a concern for administrators at Green Valley High School in Henderson, Nevada. "The website allows users to gossip about other students anonymously." Green Valley High School Principal Jeff Horn said that administrators were "alarmed" by the comments on the website. Last week, he "spoke to senior government classes and urged students who have bullied other students on the website to come forward. He threatened those who didn't with possible expulsion." Horn said that "about 30 students came forward with information about the website" and six were suspended. To help the school combat the problem, Horn wants "the Henderson and the Clark County School District police departments [to] go through the unique Internet Protocol addresses of Burnbook.com users to track down the bullies."