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Kealakehe Intermediate is commited to investigating complaints of bullying, harassment and/or discrimination and in taking appropriate action to address these negative behaviors. You can see a letter which states our official policy by clicking here.
Chapter 19 defines "bullying" as: any written, verbal, graphic, or physical act that a
student or group of students exhibits toward other particular student(s)
and the behavior causes mental or physical harm to the other student(s);
and is sufficiently severe, persistent, or pervasive that it creates an
intimidating, threatening, or abusive educational environment for the other
student(s). We consider "bullying" to be any activity where the following behaviors are displayed and cause another student to feel intimidated:
Little abrasive things
Body language (eye-rolling, flipping someone off, etc.)
Sarcasm
Teasing/Put-downs
Labeling/Name-calling
Rumor-starting or rumor-spreading
"Icing"
Taunting
Mental/emotional abuse
Damaging property
Physical abuse
Violence
Chapter 19 states: “Harassment” means a student who is harassing, bullying, including cyberbullying, annoying, or alarming another person by engaging in the following conduct that includes but is not limited to:
(1) Striking, shoving, kicking, or otherwise touching a person in
an offensive manner or subjecting such person to offensive
physical contact;
(2) Insulting, taunting, or challenging another person in a
manner likely to provoke a violent response;
(3) Making verbal or non-verbal expressions that causes others
to feel uncomfortable, pressured, threatened, or in danger
because of reasons that include but are not limited to the
person’s race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, including
gender identity and expression, religion, disability, or sexual
orientation that creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive
educational environment, or interferes with the education of
a student, or otherwise adversely affects the educational
opportunity of a student or students;
(4) Name calling, making rude gestures, insulting, or teasing
another person who feels humiliated, intimidated,
threatened, or embarrassed;
(5) Making a telephone call without purpose of legitimate
communication;
(6) Making repeated communications anonymously, or at
extremely inconvenient hours, or in offensively coarse
language on campus or, other department of education
premises, on department of education transportation, or
during a department of education sponsored activity or event
on or off school property;
(7) Causing fear as to prevent others from gaining legitimate
access to or use of school buildings, facilities, services, or
grounds such as, but is not limited to, restroom facilities; or
(8) Physically harming, physically restraining, threatening, or
stalking, or a combination of the foregoing.
The consequences for bullying, harassment or discrimination may include (but are not limited to) counseling/warning (if the student doesn't understand the implications of what he/she is doing, contacting parents of suspects or victims, suspension for one or more days, parent conferences, and contacting the police or other authorities,. |
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