Fostoria High School Family Says Disabled Senior Targeted by Bullying – The Fostoria Free Press

FOSTORIA |The comments on this post describe multiple, serious bullying‑related accusations involving both students and staff at Fostoria City Schools, centered on a disabled senior student and extending to broader claims about school culture and leadership. These are unverified allegations made by individuals on Facebook, not confirmed findings or official statements.

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Main accusations raised in the post

• The original poster says her younger brother, (Redacted), is a Fostoria High School senior who uses a wheelchair and has a lifelong medical condition, and that he is bullied so badly he does not want to attend school. She asserts that both students and teachers “tear him down,” and that the district talks about attendance but does not address why some students stop coming.

• A current Fostoria senior (Redacted) comments that she has seen other students repeatedly talk about and make fun of (Redacted), specifically over a smell of urine, and says she has confronted bullies herself. She also claims that “even teachers have said things and act in immature behavior,” though she also criticizes (Redacted) caregivers and suggests everyone, including adults responsible for him, “need to do better.”

• (Redacted)’s sister responds that he has a suprapubic catheter, that he is bathed regularly, and that the smell issue is medical, not neglect. She argues that if teachers and students were properly educated about his condition, they would understand rather than judge and bully him.

Allegations about staff behavior and racism

• One grandmother (Karen) claims that a teacher has called her grandson, a ninth‑grade athlete, the N‑word, and says she is prepared to confront that teacher physically if it happens again. She describes a pattern of teachers bullying students, not just students bullying each other, and says complaints to the superintendent “go through one ear and out the other.”

• The same commenter later adds an incident where another student allegedly broke her grandson’s $300 headphones in a classroom; she says the school did not identify the student or pursue restitution, and that police said they could not act without a name. She repeatedly argues the district is not following its own handbook, references a prior lawsuit, and urges parents to consider legal action again.

Claims about school culture, accountability, and athletics

• Several commenters express a general belief that “they favor the bullies” and that the district “doesn’t listen until it’s too late,” saying Fostoria is “getting worse” and that both students and some teachers bully kids.

• One commenter says Fostoria “don’t do anything unless you’re an athlete,” while (Redacted)’s sister replies that in her view the district is now ignoring athletes as well, criticizing a recent hire in athletics and saying leadership does not understand the community or help students build their futures.

• Another parent (Ron) says his own son is sometimes bullied and questions whether parents of bullies or the school are being held responsible, arguing he would rather talk directly to parents because “you can’t blame a school for your kid being” abusive.

View on accountability of both school and families

• (Redacted)s sister repeatedly says Fostoria does not hold students or teachers accountable, including naming a “personal finance teacher” who she claims picks on her brother.

• Some commenters also put responsibility on families: (Redacted) explicitly questions why (Redacted) comes to school smelling of urine, and (Redacted)’s sister, in a separate reply, says some parents are not “checking” their kids and that attitudes at home carry into school.

Interest from local media

• The Fostoria Free Press comments that it is “seeking more information about bullying at FHS,” indicating at least one local outlet is aware of and looking into these allegations, but no findings or responses are presented in the thread itself.

If you plan to share or act on this information, it is important to treat these statements as allegations and personal accounts, not proven facts, and to seek official responses from the district, board of education, or law enforcement before drawing conclusions.