Bully Incidents No Longer Documented in Students' Files in MERS District
Superintendent Marciante is requesting that all letters reporting a bullying incident be removed from a student's file.
Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District Superintendent John J. Marciante has decided to modify the implementation of the new Harrassment, Intimidation and Bullying (HIB) law. According to Marciante, many parents were upset that a formal letter would be placed in a student's file if that student committed an act of HIB. "[The letter] was the major concern of almost every parent. It wasn't about what we were trying to do and I don't think that anyone argued when we talked about what their child may have done, but it was the letter going in the file," Marciante said. The state's new anti-bullying law, which went into effect this September, is currently the strictest in the nation. The State Department of Education is presently …
Dina Byrnes
3:07 pm on Sunday, October 9, 2011
In regard to wanting to remove the formal letter that is placed in a student's file if that student committed an act of HIB. I truly beleive that letter should remain in their file as it shows a bullying violation that may have happened in the past. This way, it can be used to use sttronger measures to punish the children that continue to do unnecessary harm to others. Why would their parents … more ›