School Board Hears Anti-Bullying Recommendations - The Amelia Bulletin Monitor

School board hears anti-bullying recommendations - The Amelia Bulletin Monitor

At its Monday (May 12) meeting, the Amelia County School Board heard recommendations to meet the problem of bullying in the schools. The action came after an ACHS student committed suicide because of bullying. Schools Superintendent Lori Harper presented the recommendations at the end of the board’s session. The recommendations included instituting a mandated three- to five-day out-of-school suspension (OSS) for the first offense, the same as is…

We talked to him and he tells us his own experience as a victim of bullying, the physical and emotional suffering that led to it and the consequences of which drag, in certain respects, to this day.