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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Cyberbullying is not stricly a teen issue, there was no TEEN in the heading, and this is an elementary thread as well as a teenager one. I'm sorry, but when my child's 3rd grade class has 34 children, the local high school has 13 trailers outside, and other children can't even pass the SOL's or graduate, [u][b]spending money on policing cyberbullying through the school is the least of my concerns[/b][/u]. While my ideals may be pollyanish, I know very well WE CAN"T PAY FOR EVERYTHING.[/quote]

Huh?  Now, you are just being melodramatic to make your point. I was almost there with you talking about the cost of having the police deal with it, but this post lost me.

Most schools have a student handbook and discipline policy - that handbook may or may not include cyberbullying.  The schools also already have administrators and counselors whose job, at least in part, is to enforce the rules and to discipline rule-breakers. Those people are already in the schools now....being paid. So your point that schools should not "police" cyber bullying because of the cost rings a little hollow.  At my kids' school, there is not a person whose sole job is to police cyberbullies. Now, the AP for Discipline may tackle the issue occasionally, but it is already that person's job to deal with problems.  From a man/hour perspective, it may cost something.  But you are already paying that person - the tax dollars are already being spent.

Trust me...it would definitely not be the least of your concerns if your kid was bullied and the bullies were students in the school.  [/quote]

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