BULLYING AND HARASSMENT

Bullying and Harassment Defined

Bullying means systematically and chronically, inflicting physical hurt or psychological distress on one or more students or school employees. It is further defined as a pattern of unwanted and repeated written, verbal, or physical behavior, including any threatening, insulting, dehumanizing gesture by an adult or student, that is severe or pervasive enough to create an intimidating, hostile, or offensive educational environment; cause discomfort or humiliations; or unreasonably interfere with the individual’s school performance or participation that includes a noted power differential. Bullying may involve, but is not limited to:

• Teasing
• Social exclusion
• Threats
• Intimidation
• Stalking
• Physical violence
• Theft
• Sexual, religious, or racial harassment
• Public humiliation
• Destruction of Property
• Cyberstalking
• Cyberbullying

Harassment means any threatening, insulting or dehumanizing gesture, use of data or computer software, or written, verbal or physical conduct directed against a student or school employee that: