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      • Bullying and Harassment Prohibited

        To lessen the effects of bullying in our schools, the district seeks to apply a holistic approach, which involves every member of the school community. Administration, faculty, staff, bus drivers, parents, and especially the students all play a critical role in creating an atmosphere free from worry and conducive to academic success. These roles are played out in several programmatic and procedural recommendations that together will provide schools with a comprehensive plan. Schools which incorporate the holistic approach in its entirety will experience the most success in reducing bullying.

        Support is provided throughout each school year through:

        • Administrator and Staff Training
        • School-wide Curriculum & Policies
        • School-wide and Classroom-Level Prevention
        • Awareness Activities at every school
        • Parent and Community Involvement
        • Community Partnerships

        Please use this form to report a possible incident of bullying or harassment of yourself or another student/employee as defined in the Sarasota County School Board Policy 2.70, Bullying and Harassment. Print all information on the form. Anyone can report bullying or harassment by talking to an administrator or completing this form and returning it to an assistant principal, principal, or department administrator. This form can also be submitted anonymously by placing it in the school/department designated drop off spot for anonymous reporting. This report will be followed up on within 2 school/business days.

        Report Bullying and Harassment Form

        • Witness Statement Form

        If you feel you or another student/employee is in IMMEDIATE danger, call the contacts below or the police at 911. 

        • HOTLINE (Reporting) 1-877-7BE-BRAVE 
        • SCHOOL SAFETY AND SECURITY (24 HRS) (941) 966-SAFE

         

        Bullying Prevention Resources

        Websites http://www.fldoe.org/schools/school-choice/k-12-scholarship-programs/hope/  
          http://www.pacer.org/bullying/resources/toolkits/    
          http://www.bullyfree.com/free-resources    
          http://www.pbis.org/school/bully-prevention    
          https://www.naesp.org/bullying-prevention-resources  
          http://www.nea.org/home/neabullyfree.html      
          http://www.nea.org/tools/lessons/teaching-students-to-prevent-bullying.html    
          http://www.fldoe.org/schools/safe-healthy-schools/safe-schools/bullying-prevention.stml    
          http://embracingourdifferences.org/  
          https://www.stopbullying.gov/  
          http://www.thebullyproject.com/tools_educators  
          http://www.thebullyproject.com/  
          https://nobully.org/    
          https://teachersfirst.com/    
          http://fortune.com/2017/10/18/burger-king-psa-bullying/    
        Books    
         

        Stand Up to Bullying: Upstanders to the Rescue!

        by Phyllis Kaufman Goodstein & Elizabeth Verdick

        Free Spirit Publishing

         
          Blubber, by Judy Blume (4-5)
          Good-Bye Bully Machine, by Debbie Fox and Allan Beane 3-5
          Bully B.E.A.N.S, by Julia Cook K-5
          Stand Up to Bullying, by Phillis Kaufman Goodstein & Elizabeth Verdick 4-5
          Tease Monster, by Julia Cook K-4
          Odd Girl Out, by Rachel Simmons 4-8
          Stay Away from Rat Boy, by Laurie Lears K-3
          The Bully, the Bullied, and the Bystander:  From Preschool to High School – How Parents and teachers Can help Break the Cycle by Barbara Coloroso  
          Confessions of a Former Bully by Trudy Ludwig  
          Better Than You by Trudy Ludwig  
          Bully: The Fall Away Series by Penelope Douglas  
          Chester Racoon and the Big Bad Bully by Audrey Penn  
          Enemy Pie by Derek Munson  
             
        Video Resources http://www.pacer.org/bullying/resources/toolkits/    
          http://www.wondergrovekids.com/splash.php    
          https://www.stopbullying.gov/kids/webisodes/index.html    
          http://kidshealth.org/en/teens/bullies.html    
             
        Curriculum http://www.pacer.org/bullying/resources/toolkits/    
          https://www.naesp.org/bullying-prevention-resources  
          http://www.nea.org/tools/lessons/teaching-students-to-prevent-bullying.html    
          http://www.fldoe.org/schools/safe-healthy-schools/safe-schools/bullying-prevention.stml    
          http://counselorresources.com/c/list.web?nocache@3+s@cPYXSONvArk.c+curList@0+frompage@search    
          http://sde.ok.gov/sde/bullying-prevention-curriculum    
             
        Posters http://bullyingproject.com/curriculum/    
          http://www.pbis.org/school/bully-prevention    
          https://www.zazzle.com/stop_cyber_bullying_poster-228011527632784866    
          http://www.pacer.org/bullying/resources/posters.asp    
          http://www.edudesigns.org/blog/hello-world/    
             
        School Programs SROs & Law Enforcement  
          Child Protection Center  
          http://embracingourdifferences.org/  
          https://www.allstarnationtour.com/  
          SPARRC Healthy Relationships  

        The 2015 Florida Statutes - Bullying includes cyberbullying and means systematically and chronically inflicting physical hurt or psychological distress on one or more students and may involve teasing, social exclusion, threat, intimidation, stalking, physical violence, theft, sexual, religious, or racial harassment, public or private humiliation or destruction of property.

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