Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying Incidents Decrease in Freehold Borough Schools
A report comparing incidents from 2011 report period one and 2012 report period one show a significant decrease in disciplinary actions.
Disciplinary incidents have severely decreased in Freehold Borough schools since last year. At the Monday night Freehold Borough Board of Education (BOE) meeting, a recap for report period one was given by Superintendent of Schools Elizabeth O’Connell. Report period one runs from July 1 until Dec. 31. During that time, all incidents of harassment, intimidation and bullying (HIB) are required to be recorded and discussed. Report period one for 2011 was the first time the school district was required to announce the reports under a new format. According to O’Connell, during report period one for 2011, there were 26 investigations of HIB and 10 of those incidents were confirmed to be acts of HIB. On Monday night, O’Connell noted that during …
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