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Asbury Park presents anti-bullying self‑assessment, SSDS safety counts and an improvement plan
Summary
District officials reported a lower anti‑bullying self‑assessment score for 2023–24, summarized investigations and outlined corrective steps including monthly HIB specialist action plans, expanded instruction and monitoring.
Acting Director of Student Services (presenting) Miss Baez told the Asbury Park Board of Education that the district’s 2023–24 self‑assessment under the Anti‑Bullying Bill of Rights Act produced a district average score of 59, down from 68 in 2022–23, and that the district has prepared an improvement plan to address gaps.
Why it matters: The self‑assessment and the state SSDS (School Safety Data System) reports are used to track incidents of harassment, intimidation and bullying (HIB) and other safety incidents across schools; the district described both its findings and a multi‑part corrective plan to raise compliance and reduce incidents going forward.
Baez said the 2023–24 assessment showed individual school differences (Asbury Park High School: 48; Bradley: 64; Thurgood Marshall: 67; a district average of 59). On incident follow‑ups she said, "during that time, you had 18 that were investigated; 8 were confirmed and 10 were unfounded" (referring to the…
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