Bullying is all over the news lately and some of these stories end in tragedy. It’s created national attention and schools seem to be responding to the public outcry.
I guess what I do not understand is, why are those who’ve allowed this to become an epidemic escaping accountability?
I sat in on the hearings before the House and Senate Education Committees and listened to the many students who came before the legislators to tell their stories. Time after time these students received little or no action from the school administration. You could sense their desperation and their tears spoke volumes.
Bullying has many consequences on the students who are harmed. Administrators who’ve lost the will and the courage to confront bullies have only added to this problem.
New Hampshire passed an anti-bullying Bill that I believe will be challenged in court at some point. However if it is challenged, our…
…communities need to start holding their school districts responsible for inaction. Parents need to take these cases to the School Board and other parents need to support them.
School Boards need to hold Administrators responsible for inaction.
Schools need to look at this issue with common sense too. This problem will not go away because the State passed legislation. Conflicts will continue but it is up to the adults to step in when the situation goes too far.
When parents are calling the administrators and complaining about their children being verbally and physically abused, the people we pay, need to start doing their job. Communities need to start demanding accountability from the people they hire.
Now we have Schools adopting policies because of this new legislation. Have you asked yourself why and how it got to this point? Why is it, we never held these administrators accountable? Why do we need legislation to force school Administrators to address the bullying problem in their school?
The Administrators who turned a blind eye seem to be getting off pretty easy and communities need to take a second look at this and start demanding action from those who earn tax payer funded salaries.
