Mentor Schools Board of Education Has Bullying Policy, Annual Budget On Agenda
The district's bullying policy is being expanded to include cyberbullying
The Mentor Schools Board of Education is meeting 7 p.m. today at the district's administrative office and they have both the schools' bullying policy and annual appropriations budget on its agenda. The Board has a first reading scheduled for the district's proposed policy toward harassment, intimidation and bullying. The new policy is similar to its predecessor. (It's attached to this story as a PDF if anyone wants to read it in its entirety.) However, it expands the definition of bullying to include electronic- or cyber-bulling. "Cyberbullying" includes taunting, intimidating or embarrassing fellow students using phones, computers or other electronic means. The proposed policy lists abusive texts, posting embarrassing photos on the …
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