ONSLOW COUNTY BOARD POLICY
Harassment and Bullying
a. Harassment or bullying behavior is any pattern of gestures or written,
electronic or verbal communications, or any physical act or any threatening
communication that:
(1) places a student or school employee in actual and reasonable fear of harm to his or her person or damage to his or her property; or
(2) creates or is certain to create a hostile environment by substantially interfering with or impairing a student’s educational performance, opportunities or benefits.
“Hostile environment” means that the victim subjectively views the conduct as harassment or bullying and that the conduct is objectively severe or pervasive enough that a reasonable person would agree that it is harassment
or bullying. A hostile environment may be created through pervasive or persistent misbehavior or a single incident, if sufficiently severe.
Harassment and bullying include, but are not limited to, behavior described above that is reasonably perceived as being motivated by any actual or perceived differentiating characteristic or motivated by an individual’s
association with a person who has or is perceived to have a differentiating characteristic, such as race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, gender, socioeconomic status, academic status, gender identity, physical appearance, sexual orientation, or mental, physical, developmental or sensory disability. Legitimate age-appropriate pedagogical techniques are not considered harassment or bullying.
Harassment may occur between fellow students or co-workers, between supervisors and subordinates, between employees and students, or between non-employees, including visitors, and employees or students.
Harassment and Bullying
a. Harassment or bullying behavior is any pattern of gestures or written,
electronic or verbal communications, or any physical act or any threatening
communication that:
(1) places a student or school employee in actual and reasonable fear of harm to his or her person or damage to his or her property; or
(2) creates or is certain to create a hostile environment by substantially interfering with or impairing a student’s educational performance, opportunities or benefits.
“Hostile environment” means that the victim subjectively views the conduct as harassment or bullying and that the conduct is objectively severe or pervasive enough that a reasonable person would agree that it is harassment
or bullying. A hostile environment may be created through pervasive or persistent misbehavior or a single incident, if sufficiently severe.
Harassment and bullying include, but are not limited to, behavior described above that is reasonably perceived as being motivated by any actual or perceived differentiating characteristic or motivated by an individual’s
association with a person who has or is perceived to have a differentiating characteristic, such as race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, gender, socioeconomic status, academic status, gender identity, physical appearance, sexual orientation, or mental, physical, developmental or sensory disability. Legitimate age-appropriate pedagogical techniques are not considered harassment or bullying.
Harassment may occur between fellow students or co-workers, between supervisors and subordinates, between employees and students, or between non-employees, including visitors, and employees or students.
The following link can be used to report cyberbullying to law enforcement.
http://www.missingkids.com/cybertipline
http://www.missingkids.com/cybertipline
