Sexting Scandal Hits Edina's Middle Schools: 2012 in Review

Edina Patch covered a lot of different stories, topics and events throughout 2012. That said, there were a few that stood out as the most interesting, important, touching or possibly infamous to our readers.

And as we near the end of 2012, we're looking back at those articles. The following is one of those stories.

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A Valley View Middle School student was apparently the victim of some unwanted attention from her classmates after a sexting incident swept through both of Edina's middle schools this November.

Susan Brott, director of communications and community engagement with Edina Public Schools, confirmed the parent of a Valley View student called the school around Nov. 13 with concerns about an inappropriate message her student sent to another student. The parent reportedly said the message had been forwarded to other students and was possibly posted online.

"All of this was done outside of school, but it carried into conversations during the school day at both middle schools," Brott said. "The administrative teams at both schools, along with school counselors and EPS school liaison officers, worked through the situation with the students involved as well as their parents."

Read the remainder of the story here.

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