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...boys involved were D.C.ed, for exhibiting conduct not becoming of a Groton student, which means that a mark is put on the students transcript for colleges to see. Its a strong punishment, says Jeremy W. Blocker 04, but its not the end of the world...
...Groton School has made much of the complexity of the issues that brought Hawkins suit to surface. In a letter sent out to members of the Groton community addressing the hostile media onslaught that followed, Headmaster William M. Polk wrote, It is important to note that the allegations were first reported by Mr. Hawkins in the context of his trying to bargain with me to stop disciplinary action from being taken against other students in an unrelated disciplinary proceeding...
When Zeke first raised the issue to the headmaster, even though he took the allegations seriously, it did strike a political chord, says Karen Schwartzman, who handles public relations for the Groton School. It seemed like a political endeavor and the headmaster had to overcome that. She points to the schools offers to allow Hawkins to finish from home and the fact that several students were indeed reprimanded for their excessive hazing. Many students at school at the time of the events feel that Hawkins rage was misdirected, and were put off by the way he handled his crisis...
There were bad things that happened, Colby says, but the kids to whom this did happen dont say so because theyre concerned about the good of the school. Its ironic, because Groton prides itself much more than Andover and Exeter about fostering a caring environment, but it cant know everything that goes on in dorms without being a police state...
Members of the Groton community see truth in this assertion...