It was around this time that Jeffrey first typed the words ''gay'' and ''teen'' into a search engine on the computer he'd gotten several months before and was staggered to find himself aswirl in a teeming online gay world, replete with resource centers, articles, advice columns, personals, chat rooms, message boards, porn sites and - most crucially - thousands of closeted and anxious kids like himself. But being 15, he was too young to drive and afraid to enlist his parents' help in what would surely seem a bizarre and suspicious errand. He called a crisis line for gay teenagers, where a counselor suggested he attend a gay support group in a city an hour and a half away. ''My mother's always saying, 'It'll be so wonderful when you meet that beautiful Christian girl and have lots of grandchildren,' and every time she said that, I was like, That's it: my life is going to be hell.'' ''I'm a Christian - I'm like, how could God possibly do this to me?'' he said. But as the truth gradually settled over him, he told me last summer during a phone conversation punctuated by nervous visits to his bedroom door to make sure no family member was listening in, he became suicidal. (He asked that I withhold not only his last name but also any other aspects of his life that might reveal his identity.) He prayed that his errant feelings were a phase. Jeffrey knew of no homosexuals in his high school or in his small town in the heart of the South. But Jeffrey is a devout Southern Baptist, attending church several times each week, where, he says, the pastor seems to make a point of condemning homosexuality. This discovery had been coming on for some time he had noticed that he felt no attraction to girls and that he became aroused when showering with other boys after physical education class. Smith wants the district to remove Poulos from school or move him to an online school option.In the summer of 1999, when he was 15, a youth I will refer to by only his first name, Jeffrey, finally admitted to himself that he was gay. They also said the safety and security of students is the district’s highest priority and there are policies in place to keep students safe. Newell asked the school district what disciplinary actions are taken against students who face serious criminal charges like this.Ī district spokesperson told Newell they can’t share specifics with her due to state and federal privacy laws. “We are asking what they are doing to protect our students.” “It’s very frustrating, because we are not even asking about the details that are going on with the student,” Smith said. She sent Newell emails she sent to the Cobb County School District, and said they were ignored.
Smith said Poulos never faced disciplinary action from the school. “She’s anxious, she can’t focus on school work because she shares classes with this person.”
“It’s affecting my little sister day-to-day,” Smith said. Here’s what’s driving the shortage of baby formula in GeorgiaĬhannel 2′s Michele Newell spoke to upset parents who said Poulos is still going to school, and they want to know why.Ĭhristina Smith is worried about her sister, who attends Kell High School with Poulos. Man spent day celebrating sister’s birthday before he was killed in crash with 2 baseball players
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The Kell High School student admitted to investigators that he had videos of child sexual abuse on his cellphone, in a folder that requires a password and we learned some of it was traded on Snapchat. He was arrested earlier this year but is currently out on bond. Theodore Poulos is accused of collecting child pornography over a two-year period. A 17-year-old Cobb County student is facing child porn charges and parents say he is still being allowed to show up to class.