For POB Families Concerned about Bullying

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