Tuesday, July 10, 2012
The Board can also vote on a resolution pertaining to calamity day alternative makeup plans
William Porter, the director of Mentor School's kindergarten through eight grade education, will present the Board of Education with the district's semi-annual bullying report during its meeting 7 p.m. Tuesday at the administration building. The report offers statistics on the number and type of bullying incidents that are reported in the schools. It also highlights any new anti-bullying initiatives that the district is focusing on. During the previous anti-bullying report, Porter said bullying incidents have decreased at the high school and elementary schools, thought there was a slight increase at the middle schools. Previous reports focused on the dangers of cyberbullying and other pertinent topics. Mentor Schools has had two lawsuits …
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Elementary students learn what life is like for kids with disabilities during the Celebration of Differences event
Students at Hopkins Elementary School learned about different disabilities some children their age experience during the school’s Celebration of Differences event. This exercise in empathy featured several stations that were set up to simulate the effects of certain disabilities. For example, students simulated dyslexia by trying to color while looking in a mirror or wore blurred glasses that simulated a a vision impairment while completing a worksheet. Parents and students from theMentor High School’s early childhood program volunteered to help run different station. Celebration of Differences is part of the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program. It discourages bullying by teaching students to have empathy for those who are different from …
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Superintendent, principal say documentary only tells one side of the story
Both Mentor Schools Superintendent Jacqueline Hoynes and Mentor High School Principal William Wade posted messages online Wednesday, reacting to the trailer for the documentary "Mentor." The documentary, which is directed by Alix Lambert, is about bullying and teen suicide at Mentor High School. For the documentary, Lambert interviewed the parents of Eric Mohat and Sladjana Vidovic. Both sets of parents have filed lawsuits against the school district. They claim the school did not do enough to prevent the bullying of their respective children and that the bullying ultimately led Eric to shoot himself and Sladjana to hang herself out of her bedroom window. The Mohats' lawsuit has been dismissed. The Vidovics' suit is still ongoing in …
Gail Gardner
8:14 pm on Tuesday, October 23, 2012
The facts speak for themselves. Students are dying and the primary goal appears to be maintaining the reputation of the school rather than preventing bullying, ending the torment the victims endure, and especially more unnecessary deaths. JPops is doing what bullies always do: blaming the victim. We condition people to be passive and do what they're told and then are surprised when sensitive … more ›