Anna Draker, the assistant principal, is suing both students, and their parents for:

“defamation, libel, negligence and negligent supervision over a page on the popular Web site MySpace.com.”

The MySpace students also falsely posted her sexual orientation as a “lesbian” and were filled with comments sexual comments by others pertaining to the graphics and information on the page.

The school reported they have little control over cases of this form, as they can be done away from school. In the law suit she is suing for money for damages of emotional distress and more, but the attorney stated the case is more about teaching a lesson.

MySpace did remove the page immediately after being contacted by Draker. Steve Jones, author of “CyberSociety” who has written extensively on Internet use had this to say about the case:

“This is the most serious, most concerted effort that I’ve seen a teacher or a school administrator undertake involving a posting on MySpace. This is pretty remarkable,” he said. “I think a lot of people will be watching this.”

In cases like this in the past, most students are usually suspended or possibly expelled.