At our schools, bullying of any kind, by any person, is unacceptable.  

All students should be free from worries about being bullied. Students who bully others must be taught other, appropriate ways of interacting with peers. The purpose of this letter is to provide you with information concerning the School District’s anti-bullying program and to encourage you to help us identify students who are being bullied.

The Board of Education policy (7:180) on bullying begins with this goal statement:

Bullying, intimidation, and harassment diminish a student’s ability to learn and a school’s  ability to educate. Preventing students from engaging in these disruptive behaviors is an important District goal.

Bullying is defined as follows:

Bullying means any severe or pervasive physical or verbal act or conduct, including  communications made in writing or electronically, directed toward a student that has or can be reasonably predicted to have the effect of one or more of the following:

1. Placing the student in reasonable fear of harm to the student’s person or property,  
2. Causing a substantially detrimental effect on the student’s physical or mental health,
3. Substantially interfering with the student’s academic performance,
4. Substantially interfering with the student’s ability to participate in or benefit from the services, activities, or privileges provided by a school

Bullying, intimidation, and/or harassment may take various forms, including without  limitation:  threats, stalking, physical violence, sexual harassment, theft, public humiliation, destruction of property, or retaliation for asserting or alleging an act of bullying.

Please see this document to learn more about what bullying is and what it is not. We ask our school staff members to respond immediately and with compassion to a student who reports bullying or school violence and we utilize the reporting forms found here.

Anyone may complete these forms. We will inform you whenever your child is involved in a bullying report.