Local School Adds Cyberbullying Policy
Always great news to share. The Prior Lake-Savage Area School District in Minnesota has added cyberbullying to the school guidelines in an effort to keep up with state law and to reflect the technological times.
Fantastic! But as always, schools shouldn’t have to be the police. Parents should be doing their job at home to ensure their child is not a bully. PC Pandora monitoring software can help!
October 15, 2009
District 719: Cyber bullying added to policy
By Keighla Schmidt, Staff Writer Savage Pacer“Cyber bullying” has been added to the Prior Lake-Savage Area School District’s policy in an effort to keep up with state law and to reflect the technological times.
“By state statute we need to include cyber bullying in this policy,” Superintendent Sue Ann Gruver told the Prior Lake-Savage Area School Board Monday night (Oct. 12).
According to the state statute, School District 719’s Policy 506 must address “intimidation and bullying in all forms, including, but not limited to, electronic forms and forms involving internet use.”
Board Member Eric Pratt inquired about reporting bullying incidences to the police liaison officer.
“Are we required to report, especially when we start talking about the digital pieces, to the police liaison when we find these scenarios?” he asked.
Gruver said handling of the cases vary.