For the first time Monday night, the Westside School Board publicly addressed school bullying. A Channel 6 News investigation exposed parental outrage over incidents they say were not properly handled.

Mark had told Channel 6 News he was the victim of bullying at Westside. Now Mark's mother, Diana Elman, says she's ready to speak out and she came to the Westside School Board meeting to be heard.

"The first incident was a poisoning, the second incident was a hate message. My question is how can they reiterate their goal of keeping our kids safe when the same student is at school?"

Instead, it was Diana who did the listening as board member Tom Baker opened the meeting with a statement about recent claims from students like Mark about out of control bullying at Westside High.

"I and my fellow board members are confident that the investigation of these incidents and the resulting disciplinary action was done swiftly, vigorously and appropriately," says Baker.

This meeting was mainly about the appointment of the district's new superintendent, Jacquie Estee. “We're going to put our sights on our students learning even more and achieving even more." Estee says even in light of our investigation, she believes the current bullying policies in place are appropriate and does not intend to make any changes.

"We will always continue to look at our policies and practices to help students get along and be safe," says Estee, who was asked if she stands by those policies as they are written. “Yes, I do."

Elman says even though this meeting may not have been the time to say it, that answer is not good enough. "The policy is not right. I don't believe that they did all that they could given the guidelines and the fact there is no zero tolerance policy, that they could have done more and I believe they should have."

Elman says she believes the involved student should have been expelled after the incidents and that by issuing just a three-day suspension, the school did not protect her son. That's what she intended to say before the board, but the agenda for the meeting did not allow for public comments.

Board members declined our request to be interviewed about this story.