James Griffith Intermediate
Bullying/Harassment Policy
Choctaw/Nicoma Park School District
This policy is developed pursuant to the School Bullying Prevention Act, Senate Bill 992. Threatening Behavior is defined as any activity, which portrays that another person, persons, or property may or will be harmed or killed. As used in the School Bullying Prevention Act, "harassment, intimidation, and bullying" means any gesture, written or verbal expression, or physical act that a reasonable person should know will harm another student, damage another student's property, place another student in a reasonable fear of harm to the student's person or damage to the student's property, or insult or demean any student or group of students in such a way as to create a climate of hostility and/or disrupt or interfere with the school's educational mission or the education of any student. Harassment, intimidation, and bullying include, but are not limited to, a gesture or written, verbal or physical act. Such behavior is specifically prohibited by board policy.
Any student exhibiting threatening behavior toward another student or school personnel or others while under school supervision shall be subject to the following:
1. The student will be referred immediately to a site administrator or his/her designee for intervention.
2. Upon receipt of a report, the site administrator will investigate the incident and take appropriate actions provided in the District Student Discipline Policy.
In determining appropriate action, the administrator will consider the following:
a. Severity of the threat or action
b. Frequency of the behavior
c. Overall discipline record
d. Age of the student
e. Reliability of the information
f. Circumstances of the threat of action
3. The site administrator will notify the parents of any student disciplined under this policy.
4. The site administrator will document the incident.
5. If the incident results in In-School-Intervention or Out-of-School Suspension, the site principal will file a report and send a copy to the superintendent or the superintendent's designee.