Bullying

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Bullying

• Presented By Carolyn Stone
• Counselor Educator University of North Florida
• Past President ASCA
• cstone_at_unf.edu

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Green v. City of New York (1991)

• Basics of Case Junior High student fatally shot
  on campus school yard.
• Key Issues Voluntary school liability
• Results of Case The courts awarded the mother
  monetary damages for medical expenses and pain
  and suffering.

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Stevenson v. Martin County Board of Education
(2001)

• Basics of Case A 10-year-old boy was repeatedly
  attacked and harassed by fellow students.
• Key Issues
• Voluntary withdrawal
• School responsibility to create a safe
  environment.
• Results The case was dismissed.

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Wilson v. Beaumont Independent School District
(2001)

• Basics of Case A mildly retarded middle school
  student was picked on and anally raped by another
  student.
• Key Issues Sexual Harassment under Title IX
• Results of Case Summary Judgment, not enough
  evidence for Title IX.

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Smith v. Guliford Board of Education (2005)

• Basics 9th grade ADHD student bullied to the
  point of withdrawing from the high school.
• Key Issues
• What is the schools responsibility in bullying
  cases?
• Implications of student with disability.
• Results The case was dismissed by the district
  court.

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Theno v. Tonganoxie Unified School District
(2005)

• Basics of Case A student was harassed from
  seventh-eleventh grade.
• Key Issues
• Harassment based on gender
• District acting with deliberate indifference
• Results Theno was awarded 250,000 initially and
  later an additional 268,793.51 for attorney fees
  to be paid by the school district.

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Shaposhnikov v. the Pacifica School District
John Does 1-10

• Basics of Case A competitive dancer was taunted
  with homosexual slurs in middle school.
• Key Issues
• School District Immunity
• Parental Responsibility
• Results The school district was not held liable.
  
• The parents of the aggressors were held in a
  separate suit.

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References

• Bloom, L. (2007). School bullying in Connecticut
  Can the statehouse and the courthouse fix the
  schoolhouse? An analysis of Connecticut's
  anti-bullying statute. Retrieved March 31, 2008,
  Web site https//www.law.uconn.edu/journals/cpi
  lj/contents/archives/vol7/Bloom.pdf
• Conn, K. Bullying in K-12 public schools
  Searching for solutions. Retrieved March 31,
  2008, from CEPI Commonwealth Educational Policy
  Institute Website http//www.cepionline.org/back
  upsite-11-01-06/policy_issues/bullying/bullying_in
  _k-12.html
• Stevenson ex rel. Stevenson v. Martin County Bd.
  of Educ., 534 U.S. 821, 122 S.Ct. 54, 151
  L.Ed.2d 23, 69 USLW 3780, 70 USLW 3037, 70 USLW
  3228, 70 USLW 3234 (U.S. Oct 01, 2001) (NO.
  00-1821)
• Theno v. Tonganoxie Unified School Dist. No. 464,
  394 F.Supp.2d 1299 (D.Kan. Oct 18, 2005) (NO.
  04-2195-JWL)
• Wilson v. Beaumont Independent School Dist., 144
  F.Supp.2d 690 (E.D.Tex. May 08, 2001) (NO.
  100-CV-0045)
• Wykes, S.L. (2005, October 15). Parents settle
  suit for alleged bullying by their children.
  Retrieved March 31, 2008, from chron.com Web
  site http//www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/
  3397491.html
• (2005). School safety/discipline manual.
  Retrieved March 31, 2008, Web site
  http//www.sde.idaho.gov/sdfs/docs/Publications/S
  ection2.pdf