By Eric Roher

In February 2007, Robert F. Hall Catholic Secondary School located in Caledon East faced widespread publicity surrounding the use of the Internet by certain students. It started out as an opportunity for students to vent about their principal. As more and more students logged on to the popular social networking site Facebook.com, the venting became vulgar.

The postings included sexually explicit, derogatory, and demeaning remarks about the principal. As a result of the cyberbullying, 11 male and female students of the school were suspended for up to eight days.