Bullying Awareness Resources for Parents, Students and Staff
West Islip School District Policy
The Board of Education is committed to safeguarding the rights of all students within the school district to learn in an environment that is free from all forms of harassment, including bullying. Therefore, the Board, consistent with law, condemns all forms of bullying. Bullying is a form of harassment. For the purposes of this policy and its implementation, “bullying” is defined as:
“The act of threatening, stalking, coercing or intimidating, verbally, physically, in writing, by gesture or through electronic communication, the well-being, health, safety, freedom, or reputation of any person, that takes place on school property, at any school sponsored function or on a school bus, or that takes place off of school grounds but that is designed to or has the effect of interfering with a student’s ability to attend school and/or to be educated in a safe, non-hostile environment.”
West Islip School District Resources
Code of Conduct