Rocky Mount mayor calls for forum on stopping bullying in schools

Rocky Mount mayor calls for forum on stopping bullying in schools

Motivated by a 10-year-old girl’s death in Roanoke County, Rocky Mount Mayor Holland Perdue is organizing a forum next month to seek solutions to the ongoing issue of bullying in schools.

The senator for the San Justo department, Rodrigo Borla, presented a bill that seeks to "prevent and eradicate bullying in schools." Faced with this widespread problem, he proposes to address it through the "emotional education" of children, parents and educators. In addition, in his project he establishes the "updating and training of teachers, social workers, psychologists and others" in order to achieve an "evaluation and monitoring of the re…

According to UNAM’s School of Psychology, 20% of school-age children are at risk of severe behavioural problems. While bullying cases continue in schools, stalkers and bullies lose their schools as ‘bullying solution’ instead of schools facing problems and understanding that they are children in training. Let’s learn from others There is a tribe in Africa, where the date of birth of a child is considered as the day when that child is desired and…

Sign the Petition for anti-bullying policy in Roanoke County Schools

I write this petition as a concerned mother of two young girls in the Roanoke community, a place that has recently been marred by the tragic suicides of minors due to rampant bullying. As a community, we must not sit back while our children suffer in silence. It's time to take collective action.Bullying can lead to devastating consequences, including lower academic performance, increased anxiety a