Your Voice, Dec. 20

Holiday Tradition: Caroline Grew, executive director United Way of The Columbia Gorge, stops for a photo with daughter Sienna Szymkowicz at the Rock the Holidays 2023 Aaron Meyer children's Christmas concert at the Best Western Plus Hood River Inn Gorge Room on Dec. 10. The concert is an annual fundraiser for United Way.

Bullying must end

As a former board member of North Wasco County School District 21, I am alarmed at the shocking rise of bullying in this district. When I was in middle and high school, I was bullied, and suffered physical and verbal abuse from fellow students while facing the same problems within my own home environment. This fueled my own descent into depression, and ultimately, a suicide attempt at 16 years old. Without a doubt, I know many others share this very same story, sadly.