Boy, father, lawyer talk to school district
By Jean Torkelson, Rocky Mountain News (Contact)
Published February 22, 2008 at 12:30 a.m.
Bullying victim Adrian Ulm, joined by his father and lawyer, met with Cherry Creek school district officials Wednesday to ensure a smooth transition back to school after his complaints of racial harassment made him a national symbol of discrimination.
"The meeting was to make sure Adrian integrated into the school again," said his father, Heinz Ulm, owner of an information technology company in Centen nial. Ulm, 58, is a single father who emigrated from Germany to the U.S. with his son in 2005.
Because of the Presidents Day holiday, Wednesday was the first day of school since the Ulms publicized a catalogue of torments they say 14-year-old Adrian has suffered from a small number - he describes them as "two handfuls" - of classmates, including repeated taunts that he and his father are Nazis.
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