Milwaukee teacher uses 'mirror messages' to combat bullying

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Twelve-year-old Jerri Dawson said she's used to being bullied. While middle school students are known for being mean to each other, Jerri said the bullying took a turn for the worse during the weeks leading up to winter break.

Mean-spirited and negative messages directed at individual students began appearing in the girls' bathroom at Lloyd Street School, one of four Milwaukee College Prep campuses. Jerri said she had never experienced bullying like this, and she wasn't the only one.

"It was kind of a shock to me," said seventh-grader Eliana Cook, one of the victims of the incident. Before this, Eliana said she had never been bullied before.