Miss Porter's Sued for Bullying

The tony Connecticut girls’ school Miss Porter’s, annual fees $42,000, alma mater of Jackie Kennedy, has been accused of expelling a girl who was relentlessly bullied by a secret society of posh girls who didn’t like the way she was planning an end of term prom. The Oprichniki, named after Ivan the Terrible’s secret police, didn’t like the girl’s suggestion that the prom invite other schools to take part and waged a bullying campaign against her on Facebook and through text messages, according to a lawsuit brought by her parents. The girl went into such a meltdown, the suit reports, she cheated on an art history exam, then immediately reported her misdoings to teaching staff. Although her deceit was atypical and brought on by the bullying, the suit says, she was shown no mercy by the school. When her parents arrived to collect her they found her clothes thrown in a heap in the corner of a dormitory with a “For Rent” sign hanging on her bed.