Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Patch sits down with MHS Principal John Pascale to talk the implementation of the state's HIB law and proactive steps he says the school is taking to combat and prevent bullying
There are movies, outreach groups, public service announcements and even a statewide law addressing bullying. A buzz word of the 21st Century, kids, their parents, and their educators have become more aware of bullying. Parents discuss it with their kids, teachers with their students, and kids talk about bullying amongst one another. In 2011, NJ Governor Chris Christie was praised for signing the “Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights,” aimed at cracking down on bullying in Garden State schools. The Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying Law, or HIB, as it has come to be known, is now being implemented in Mahwah schools as a matter of course. “I think it’d be foolish to think that there are never going to be conflicts among teenagers,” Mahwah High …
Monday, September 24, 2012
The cameras may help stop bullying incidents on buses, district administrators say
The Mahwah School District will likely install security cameras on its fleet of 11 school buses, according to district Business Administrator Ed Deptula. “In the long run, I think this will be a terrific investment,” he said at last Wednesday’s Board of Education meeting. The camera footage would become an “actionable” part of future district Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying investigations. According to Deptula, some of the HIB incidents in Mahwah over the past year have happened on buses, and the cameras will either provide evidence in those cases, or “discourage bullying in the first place.” The district is in the finishing stages of researching cameras and would need to write and pass a policy governing the use of security cameras …
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
See a breakdown of bullying investigations at each school in the district
During the 2011-2012 school year, there were 14 acts of bullying in Mahwah schools, according to a report given by Interim Superintendent Dr. Karen Lake last month on the statistics from last year’s HIB, Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying, statistics. The report was part of the state-mandated Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying policy, which was implemented last year. The policy requires school principals to report incidences of bullying to Superintendent Dr. Karen Lake within two days, send parents a written note within five, and investigate it within 10 days. District Special Services Coordinator Lisa Rizzo acts as the anti-bullying coordinator for the district. According to Rizzo, the number of incidents at each school is broken …
Olga S.
11:43 am on Thursday, February 14, 2013
Don't be fooled. The HS does the same. This article is all pomp and circumstance. What else would an administrator say? Yes, they do have the HIB forms and you know what the disciplinary officer says about them? Waste of his time and deems most if not all unfounded; Kids will be kids since the beginning of time. Yet, you have kids who yell obscenities to one another in the hallway and cafeteria … more ›