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Student Harassment

Public School Law

Lecture NotesWilliam Allan Kritsonis, PhD



What Is Harassments?

Harassment is a form of repeated aggression

that is directed by one or more people

towards another person.

Also, harassment is some of the most seriousforms of peer harassment involve groups.

People often do things in groups that they

would not do alone. They may be fearful of

losing the groups approval if they dont go

along.



Forms of Harassment

Physical

!erbal

"elational

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What is Harassments ?

Physical Harassment

where a student uses

physical force to hurt

another student by

hitting, pushing,shoving, $ic$ing,

pinching or holding

them down.




!erbal Harassment

is when a student

uses words to hurt

another student. This

includes threatening,taunting, intimidating,

insulting, sarcasm,

name%calling, teasing,

slurs, graffiti, put%

downs and ridicule



What is Harassment ?

"elational Harassments

occurs when students

disrupt another

student&s peer

relationships throughleaving them out,

gossiping, whispering

and spreading rumors.

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#yber Harassment

refers to the use of

cell%phones, te't

messages, e%mails,

instant messages, webblogs and postings to

bully another student

in any of the ways

described above.

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The Affects of Being Harassed

Low self%esteem

Poor grades

Loneliness (the need to stay home)

They become introverted

*a$ing sic$ness (because they don&t want to

face the bullies+



Who do Bullies Target?

They target #hildren that are

Smaller

ounger

-ea$er



Locations of harassment in schools

Playground (recess+

#lassroom

Hallways

Lunchroom

ff campus



Who’s More Susceptible to Being

Harassment ? /n a study of 01,232

students 2th% 04th found

that 05%657 of boys

e'perience being

bullied.

Also, the same study

concluded that 8%007 of

girls e'perience the

same torment.



ommon haracteristics of

Harassment

A good student who normally loves schoolsuddenly hates school

A student becomes fearful of coming to

school A student becomes depressed and is unable

to concentrate

A formerly good student has a noticeable

drop in performance, resulting in poor grades. A student who was formerly content considers

suicide.



Ho! to "ducate Teachers and Fi# The

$roblem #reate an anti%

Harassments program

for

9lementary School

:iddle School

;unior high School

/nterventions for

Students /dentified as

bullies

!ictims of

harassments



ourt ases in Student Harassment

<avis v. :onroe #ounty =oard of 9ducation,the Supreme #ourt, in a 1 % 8 decision, heldthat such monetary damages may berecovered only where the district has >actual

notice> of the harassment and is >deliberatelyindifferent> to the harassment. The #ourt alsonoted that the harassment must be so>severe, pervasive, and ob?ectively offensive>

that it deprived the student victim of access toeducational opportunities or benefits providedby the school district.




@ebser v. Lago !ista /ndependent School

<istrict. /n @ebser, which was decided in ;une

03, the #ourt held that monetary damages

can be recovered under Title /B where aschool district employee se'ually harasses a

student, if a school district official who has the

authority to ta$e corrective measures has

actual notice of and is deliberately indifferent

to the employees misconduct




Hen$le v. @regory, 014 *. Supp.6d 042C (<.

Nev. 6440+#onstant harassment,

discrimination, intimidation based on his se'

and se'ual orientation, name calling,assaults, punched in face, lassoed around

the nec$, threatened, transferred from school

to school and told to $eep silent about his

se'ual orientation, put into adult educationprogram.



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