My school uses the Make Your Day discipline system. If a child has a concern about another student, they will bring it to an teacher's attention and we will discuss the incident with the other student. The student will be asked if they are to take responsible for the incident and then asked to take points off.
Also with Make Your Day, if a student is caught doing something not appropriate, they will go to Step 1 to think about what they did. If the behavior persists, they will go to step 2, then step 3. The "last straw" is step 4. This means the student will go to the office to discuss the incident with the principal and parents will be called. Any type of bullying would be considered a step 4 immediately. A talk with the principal and a meeting with parents would occur.
Bullying is defined by the district as any verbal or physical harassment, cyberbullying, sexual harassment, religious harassment, racial harassment and hazing. The district has a way for students to report bullying anonymous by filling out a report online. The school also has a paper report called an incident report.
I would like to say my district has a handle on bullying. However, my son has been bullied awful this year. I have been in to talk to his school 3 times since September. It is just now getting better for him. I think even though the district has all these definitions and anonymous line to report incidents, what actually happens to the students is a complete mystery to me. As a parent and a teacher, I am not sure. I can't seem to get a direct answer. I THINK they notify the student of the harassment claim. From there, if it persists, then it is considered bullying. I feel like the subject is very secretive for some reason.
