I know that she can still get an education, and be taught at home, or perhaps be taught at another, more accepting, school. But it's not the same thing. Hogwarts is where all her friends are. Hogwarts should be a second home to any witch of wizard. There are programs for students who can't pay for their education, but there aren’t the same types of options for students with diseases like lycanthropy. Werewolf students should be able to get the same schooling that other students do, just like adult werewolves should be able to get the same jobs that other adults do. Steps are being made in the wizarding world with Ms. Gertrudis' programs, but what about the schools?

If werewolves aren’t accepted and taught at school, how can they expect to be accepted in the ‘real’ world? And how can others learn from them and understand them if they can't even be in the same classroom with them?

Imagine if us Wizards were opened up to the Muggle public. We all know they wouldn't be so sweet to us, right? They'd probably reject us from society, kick us out of where they live, they'd be afraid... They'd be shocked and disgusted and they'll call us devils and monsters. There'd be these groups forming around the world, saying "Wizards are people too!" and there'll be muggles marrying Wizards left and right because it's just not right to segregate. And people like Snark will say "No" to those people. They'll say "Wizards don't deserve the same lives we do, we are power-hungry bastards leeches who cannot share a world with someone different. Or more strong. Or anything we fear". Are you catching what I'm saying here? In what way is Werewolf segregation different from that example? It's not. It's exactly the same.

I understand that no matter where we are there'll be hate, and there'll be segregation. But there's nothing wrong with being a controlled werewolf. And there's nothing wrong with being a Wizard.

The question must be centered on one word: why?  Why should someone with a problem not be allowed to seek help?  Hogwarts can and should be helping any young witch or wizard who wishes to be helped and yearns for a peaceful life.  If we are to say that lycanthropy poses a threat of danger, then we must expel any and all wizards and witches from Hogwarts as well, because each and every one of us have powers that are quite definitely potential hazards.  We all know what happens when someone abuses dangerous power, but in this case where is the abuse of power coming from?  Is it the werewolf girl striving to do what's right and keep everyone around her safe and healthy?  Or is it the Headmistress seeking to block a student from learning, because of her particular affliction? 

Proper precautions should and must be taken when dealing with any potential hazards, but that does not mean that we avoid anyone who might pose a problem.  Hogwarts must help those who seek its help.  The risk is worth the reward.  That's what Hogwarts has always been about after all, right?

Well, of course we want to get Ollie back, but we're also doing this for werewolf students in general. I don't think werewolf students should have to hide who they are, and I think that they should have a place in a school like Hogwarts. Hogwarts can set a positive example for tolerance, if it wanted to. We have all these resources, and new laws are being put forth for adult werewolves now, so I don't understand why we can't set aside a safe room for student werewolves, or arrange for them to go home every time. It's doable. I feel like what really holds us back is fear and ignorance. Sequestering them away in their homes doesn't help anything. It just creates a bigger divide between werewolves and the rest of the wizarding population. But we're all witches and wizards.

Ollie is like... the person who helped put our ideas into motion. It would be amazing if she could go to Hogwarts again, but what we really want is for every student afflicted with lycanthropy to at least be considered for attendance. Some things, I think, should be decided by the Ministry, not by the current Headmaster or Headmistress. If Headmaster Greyfriar were still Headmaster, I'd think that Ollie would still be attending, but even then that's not ideal, because students afflicted with lycanthropy shouldn't have to hide. There need to be consistent, set rules in place that are followed no matter who is in power.

So we want to make things fair for student werewolves, and we want to spread awareness that segregation is a problem.

We will continue to send in letters to the Daily Prophet, and we're also planning on writing a few articles for the student newspaper.

With the help of Covadonga Gertrudis, we're arranging a holiday mixer at the RCMC (Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures). It'll take place on Friday, December 19th, at 8:00. A few people afflicted with lycanthropy will speak about their experiences. There will be food and drinks. Everyone is welcome to attend!

It's, well, very upsetting. Especially the last one. I think the one on October 14th really shook people up.

Yes. Some students dropped out of the group, and we didn't meet for a while. But now we've had time to think things through and get started again. As awful as the attacks were, werewolves should still have the same rights and opportunities as we do. 

Well, if Darcy did set the fire, it was an individual act. I never heard anything about it, and none of us, as far as I know, knew the fire would be started. SAWS was still forming at that point. We were as shocked as everybody else when it happened.

We did not plan that. It was a few weeks after the werewolf attack on October 14, and we'd stopped having meetings. Something dangerous like that would hurt us more than help us, anyway. We didn't have anything to do with it.

I trust Maddie. If she says she didn't do it, then she didn't do it. In the 'Students Suspended' article, the Headmistress says that she thinks an accomplice spiked the punch while Maddie made a distraction. There were many distractions that night, many students fighting with each other, so I don't think she should be blamed when we're not sure who actually spiked the punch yet.

No. Whatever reasons Headmistress Snark suspended him, SAWS wasn't a part of it.

Extreme measures, like the fires and such, would only hurt us.  I don't think it's necessary, and I don't think it's safe or smart.

No. Though I disagree with her decision to expel Ollie, and I disagree with the suspensions, I don't want to see her go. To be fair, she allowed SAWS to form, and I think she's trying to do what she thinks is right. This werewolf segregation issue, it's bigger than Ollie, and it's bigger than the Headmistress. Replacing the Headmistress with someone who will accept werewolves at Hogwarts won't help the bigger issue at hand - it would just be a temporary solution. We want to make changes peacefully, and we want those changes to last.