To: Eagle Mountain ISD, School Board
Review Bullying Policy and Punishment
To change the policy on bullying and physical assaults and the policy on the victim being transferred schools. and having to have repeated incidents with a supposed zero tolerance. The victim should have to change schools and physical assault should not be allowed.
Why is this important?
We ask our district to review bullying policies, including the current practice of removing the victim from school, rather than the perpetrator. Bullies are given multiple chances to change their behavior, which contradicts the “zero tolerance” policy supposedly in effect. Our children are victimized a second time when they are yanked from their classes, forced to make all new friends at a new school. Because of social media, moving across town to a new school does not protect them, as bullies launch online campaigns aimed at further victimizing the intended target. There are laws intended to protect people from discrimination based on their gender or sexual orientation. It should not take a physical attack to spark change in our schools.