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In the state of KY, if I see it, it's the law I report it to the administrator. The administrator MUST deal with it (however he/she deems fit), but they MUST deal with it. I can tell you mine does this on a daily basis, as I teach Freshman, a lot of crap occurs. And he MUST file a report that goes to our school resource office, who works for the county sheriff's office. This policy just started this year, it's the LAW in the state. It's a PITA, but if it keeps an incident like what happened to Phoebe Prince from happening, it's worth it. I was amazed in an online poll I saw on MSNBC this week about the Prince incident, more people were blaming the teachers than the bullies themselves. Sure as a teacher, you stop it from happening in front of you, (and in my instance report it), but no way can a school stop it from happening at all. Especially in the age of texting, facebook, myspace, etc. But I can tell you, my administrator deals with stuff happening over those digital tools as well.
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