Bullying & Harassment

Bullying & Harassment

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 and providing all students equal access to a safe, non-hostile learning environment are important district and school goals. Bullying and harassment are prohibited behaviors under the Student Code of Conduct, and detailed information on prevention & enforcement can be found there. To help determine if an incident is considered bullying or not, please refer to the definition below.

Bullying: Any severe or pervasive physical or verbal act or conduct, including communications in writing or electronically, directed toward a student or students that has or can be reasonably predicted to have the effect of one or more of the following:
● Placing student in reasonable fear of harm to the student’s person or property
● Causing a substantially detrimental effect on the student or student’s physical or mental health
● Substantially interfering with the student’s academic performance; or
● Substantially interfering with the student’s ability to participate in or benefit from the services, activities or privileges provided by the school

Concerned about bullying? Click here for a quick guide for parents on what bullying is and is not.

To report bullying or harassment, click this link. (link to existing bullying/harassment form also linked under Parents & families)

Please click the linked document for an explanation of what parents & students can expect following a report of bullying or harassment.

Threats to School Safety

Unfortunately, there are times when students say or do things that raise concern for the safety of others at school. If there is a report of significant and/or specific threat of harm to others or to the learning environment, or a report of a student in possession of a weapon or suspected weapon, the school will act first to ensure safety, and then to assess the risk level and further intervention needed for the threat to safety. During a threat assessment, a school team conducts interviews of the subject, witnesses, and potential targets. The team also reaches out to parents and staff to gain insights into the situation and the home & learning environments. The team then uses a rubric to assess the level of threat and creates interventions and supports for both the subject and potential targets. The result of the threat assessment may also be used by administration to assign or amend consequences for the subject’s making of the threat.

Please click this link to read the district posting regarding our Targeted School Violence Prevention Program.