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Gio sank into the chair and pulled one Bluetooth ear bud out of his pocket and stuck it in his ear, then turned the volume up on his phone.
“We have a situation Anelise, I have Gio McLoed in the hall he just beat the hell out of both my wide receivers.”
Gio could hear the disbelief in the Vice Principles voice. “McLoed, are you sure I’ve never had to call him here once, except to tell him that discipline of your players was being delt with for their infractions against him.”
“I saw it myself. Brock and Chris are both in the infirmary getting treatment right now. They were seriously banged up. I want the kid expelled.”
Gio was getting pissed when the door to the office opened. “Ms Hill, I’m sorry to interrupt but there is an upset parent on the phone demanding to speak to you right now.”
“Tell them I’m dealing with a disciplinary problem and will have to call them back.”
“I did that Ms. Hill, and I was told to tell you that the parent is Greg Anderson; Tiffany and Tara Anderson’s father. He said if you don’t talk to him now, his next call will be to the school board to demand a hearing and the local news to demand why the young man who protected his daughters from bullying and sexual assault is being disciplined.”
“Jesus, what kind of a mess have you created now Tanner? Thank you Mrs. Dole, I’ll take the call.”
“He’s on line one ma’am.”
The office door shut. “You be quiet Tanner, while I talk to Mister Anderson. Let me see if I can calm him down.”
“I still want that boy expelled.”
“Let me deal with this first.”
Gio heard Ms. Hill take a deep breath and then answer on speaker phone. “Mister Anderson how can I help you today?”
Gio heard his new boss on the phone sounding very upset. “Who am I talking to?”
“This is Vice Principle Anelise Hill.”
“You’re in charge of discipline at the school?”
“Yes sir, I am, how can I help you?”
“Ms. Hill, I’m required by law to inform you that this conversation is being recorded.”
“I don’t agree to you recording this conversation Mister Anderson.”
“I don’t give a rats ass if you agree. I’m only required to inform you I am doing so. I will further let you know that a member of my company’s legal staff is listening to this call as a witness. Now. as for how you can help me Ms. Hill. Is you can explain to me why my daughters have both texted me in the last half hour to tell me that the student who came to their rescue when they were bullied, threatened with physical assault, sexual assault and rape has been brought to your office for discipline; while the two student athletes who threatened them aren’t being detained for the police.”
“I’m sorry? Are you saying your daughters were threatened with assault here at school?”
“That is exactly what I’m telling you. Their former boyfriends came up to them in the student parking lot threatened to drag them out of their car, and beat them. When another student stood up and told these athletes so leave the girls alone, they threatened to beat him and then rape my daughters in front of him. When their protector informed the other two that he wouldn’t allow that to happen, they attempted to attack him. Had he not had martial arts training they would have probably succeeded. But he did have that training and he used it to ;protect himself and my daughters only to have two of your staff send his attackers to the infirmary and inform the protector that he was to report to your office for discipline. My daughters were then separated from him by another member of your staff, their cheerleading coach I believe. She took them to her office, where she then informed them that they would return to dating the young men who had threatened them. She further insisted they continue to fulfill some policy of sexually satisfying the entire football team or be removed from the cheerleading squad. They were told if they refused she would informed they college’s they have cheerleading scholarship too that they removed from the squad for disciplinary violations so that their scholarships were revoked.”
Gio could hear the worry in Ms. Hills voice. “I can assure you Mister Anderson that the story I’m hearing here is very different than the one you have been hearing. I will go so far as to say that there is no policy that any student must preform any sexual acts for a spot on any team in our school.”
“Ms. Hill this is not hearsay, or a story my daughters are telling me. I have video proof of everything I’ve just told you from the attempted assault to the conversation with your cheerleading coach. You people really need to realize that teens today use their phones for more than just playing games and texting. Both my daughters started recording the moment their ex-boyfriends started yelling at them to get out of the car and didn’t stop until they left the cheerleading coaches office.”
“I’m sorry what?”
“I said I have it all on video from two different phones. I only called you to try and sort this out before I had to involve the school board and the authorities as well as the local news.”
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“I want the two young men who threatened my daughters, expelled immediately. After all by your own handbook they broke three zero tolerance policies, today alone. I want them removed from the school by the authorities and charged with attempted assault, and sexual assault. I want the young man, Gio McLoed, who protected my daughters left alone. He honestly should be held up as an example of a good student and man. After all my daughters haven’t always been friendly toward him. He still stood up for them and risked his own assault to protect them. If those conditions aren’t meet immediately, then my next three calls will be the school board where I will insists on a school wide investigation. Followed by the news media who will receive a copy of the video’s that I’ve already emailed to you and the authorities. Then my personal friend the chief of police to call his attention to the videos. However, know this Ms. Hill, I cannot overlook the part of this video where a teacher threatened my daughters because they refused to preform sexual acts that are part of some unwritten policy of your athletics department. From her own mouth your cheerleading coach indicates it’s been in force for years. My daughters have apparently been forced to follow that policy while they were minor’s and the indication is both your cheerleading staff and football staff are complicit in creating and enforcing the policy. I will be contacting the police about that issue as soon as we get off the phone.”