We are a group of Plainview-Old Bethpage parents and residents who are
concerned about bullying in our school district. We are a committee that is
working towards making effective changes in this district regarding bullying.
We have seen evidence of bullying from our kindergarten age children all the
way up through high school. There are various forms of bullying. It can be
physical, emotional, verbal and the newest form; cyber-bullying. There are
children who perpetrate the bullying, children who are being bullied, children
who are bystanders to the bullying and children who are affected indirectly by
these events. Whether we realize it or not we are all affected. You may not even
realize that you or your child has a story of bullying to tell.
The Committee for POB Families Concerned about Bullying is hosting a
bullying forum on Thursday, September 28th (details to follow). Our goal for
the forum is to communicate with the POB school district and our community,
the seriousness of bullying in our district. Our early goal is to initiate a positive
dialogue between the community and the school district personnel.
We need your help as parents, children and residents of this community.
We
now know that there are a lot of stories of bullying that have gone untold and
unheard. We are asking parents and children to tell us their stories so that they
may be presented at the forum. If your story is not to be used at the forum it
will be compiled and submitted to the district with all the other stories of bullying so that your
voice can be heard. Stories can be shared via email, written letters, video, art or
however you or your child would feel most comfortable. All communications will
be kept confidential and no names in the stories will be exposed publicly. We
would like the district and community to work together to solve this problem.
If you or your child is able to share an experience about bullying, please contact
our committee at: POBconcernedparentonbullying@gmail.com.
Once again all names will be kept confidential.
Thanking you in advance for your support,
POB Families Concerned about Bullying
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Who is this committee made up of? Any board members/staff or all parents? Will you send out fliers to get more parents involved? Is this an off shoot of the PTA or something seperate?
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The committee is comprised of parents and representatives from the community. Although members of the committee wear different hats in the community and we are seeking to work and partner with the others it is a seperate committee from the PTA. The forum in September will be open to parents. Specific information about the forum will be distributed via email,and fliers starting in August.
ReplyDeleteHello,
ReplyDeleteThe committee is comprised of parents and representatives from the community. Although members of the committee wear different hats in the community and we are striving to work and partner with the board and PTA we are a separate committee. We will be sending out specific information via email, flyers etc in August. If you are interested in participating on the committee please forward your contact information to the specified email.
I am the person who started the thread on this blog entitled "The Bullying Problem - Define and Strategize Solutions." While I do not yet know my schedule for 9/28, I will put this committee meeting on my calendar. You can expect an email from me within the next two weeks. I'd write sooner but my vacation beckons me.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great committee.
When does the committee meet? Being someone who was bullyed as a child, and now helps childern deal with bullying I would love to help.
ReplyDeleteIf you would like information about the committee please forward your contact iinformation to POBconcernedparentonbullying@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteBLESS YOU! I hope teachers and higher-level representatives from all our schools are present at some of these meetings to hear what we have to say. From what I've seen many times, it is at this level that the communication and required actions to stop the bullying falls apart. THANK YOU.
ReplyDeleteI am looking forward to going to the forum in September. It's time that this important issue gets addressed in our community. The school district does not take the initiative it should on this topic. I applaud whoever is putting this together.
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