Dearborn Schools Record 919 Bullying Incidents in 2011-12
In the first year of its district-wide anti-bullying effort, preliminary surveys indicate a reduction in incidents.
When Dearborn Public Schools' joint community-schools anti-bullying campaign was launched last September, no one was really sure how widespread bullying was in the district's 32 schools. But now, with the close of the program's first year, officials have a much clearer idea. From September 2011 to June 2012, 919 incidents of bullying were logged by staff members. Four-hundred thirty-two incidents were logged at the elementary level, 395 were noted at the middle school level, and 92 were tracked at the high schools. Though it’s difficult to measure the effectiveness of the anti-bullying campaign because the district did not track incidents prior to 2011, officials believe the program is making a dent in the level of bad behavior at the …
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Lee Jacobsen
4:49 pm on Thursday, July 19, 2012
Michelle, The best defense , to use a worn out cliche, is a good offense. Bullies pick on the weak. The weak either need to avoid environments where they need to defend themselves, or learn some basic common sense defense moves that, once used, will give bullies pause before picking on them again. Any electronic warning device will summon help far to late to be of any good in a bully … more ›