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Little Miami official explains why most incidents don’t meet legal bullying definition; board presses for clearer reporting
Summary
Director of student services told the Little Miami Local School District board that Ohio’s narrow legal definition of bullying means many reports are handled as code-of-conduct violations; board members asked for redacted incident files and more outreach to parents and bus drivers.
Jamie Miles, the district’s director of student services, told the Little Miami Local School District Board of Education on June 30 that the state’s legal definition of bullying is narrow and causes many reported incidents to be classified as code-of-conduct violations rather than "bullying" under law.
Miles said the district is “fully committed to curbing student bullying and school violence” and explained the three-part test school investigators use: aggression, dominance (an imbalance of power) and persistence. "Just because it doesn't meet that legal definition does not mean that we aren't doing something about it," Miles said, adding that building administrators still respond with counseling, safety planning and discipline when appropriate.
The board pressed…
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