GCPS Approves Anti-Bullying Policy
Board also OKs $1.7 billion budget for 2011-12.
Meeting at GCPS headquarters in Suwanee, the five-member board voted after hearing a report from Executive Director Dr. Jim Taylor at a work session. The report showed that the system's proactive efforts have resulted in a decrease in out-of-school suspensions (by 841) for the current school year. Also, the board formally OK'd the $1.7 billion spending plan for the coming school year. The new anti-bullying policy adds language that defines bullying as "any intentional written, verbal or physical act, which a reasonable person would perceive as being intended to threaten, harass or intimidate." The guidelines have consequences for retaliation and false reporting, and specify that an offender will be assigned to an alternative school after …
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1:48 pm on Monday, May 28, 2012
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