How a Georgia High School Turned a Prank Note into Weeks of Harassment for an Innocent Student

How a Georgia High School Turned a Prank Note into Weeks of Harassment for an Innocent Student

By an Anonymous Student December 2025

In early December 2025, a note reading “school shooting in 2 days” with what looked like a Telegram code was found on a desk in a Columbia County high school classroom. The desk was shared by dozens of students, and the room had no cameras.

The school quickly identified a sophomore student as the prime suspect. The student someone with prior mental‑health treatment and an Individualized Education Plan was pulled from class and questioned repeatedly. Administrators and a district safety coordinator (a woman with a “Dr.” title) interrogated the student, searched their bag, and performed a full‑body pat‑down, including lifting their shirt in front of the coordinator.

No weapon, no list, no evidence was found.

The “threat day” passed safely.

The student was absent the following Friday when a second rumored note (a supposed “hit list”) appeared. He returned Monday to no new incidents.

Despite two clean searches and no proof linking him to either note, the harassment continued for weeks:

• Extra stares and monitoring in hallways and lunch
• The coordinator camping at folding tables near bathrooms and entrances
• Unnecessary physical contact: on one occasion, she blocked his path to a bathroom (which had no “closed” sign), placed her full palm on his upper arm, and redirected him with a condescending tone and pointing
• Multiple “coincidental” hallway encounters where she positioned herself to force interaction

The student remained calm, refused to answer questions without his mother, and gave no reaction.

On an exam-week day with low attendance, he was pulled again after skipping classes in an empty building. Administrators claimed an “odor of marijuana,” ran a metal detector (which beeped due to pants strings), and performed another full search. Nothing was found.

His mother called and accused the school of targeting her son. Staff appeared to agree but took no further action.

This case highlights serious issues in school safety practices:

• Overreliance on biased “profiles” (mental-health history, race, calm demeanor) to label students “high-risk” without evidence
• Unnecessary physical contact by staff, especially across gender lines
• Repeated harassment after threats are proven unsubstantiated
• Zero accountability for wasted resources and trauma inflicted on an innocent child

No note was ever linked to the student. No incident occurred. Yet weeks of his life were disrupted.

This is not “keeping students safe.”

This is how zero-tolerance policies and unchecked authority can ruin a teenager’s sense of security for no reason.

Students deserve better.