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District presents K–4 lessons on bullying, plans board hearing on anti-bullying policy
Summary
Hudsonville Public School District staff presented a new K–4 package of lessons focused on bullying and harassment, developed by the district’s Diversity and Advocacy Committee and PBIS team, and said they will ask the board to schedule a vote after a public hearing on the anti-bullying policy.
Mrs. Thomas, the Diversity and Advocacy Committee (DAC) lead, told the board the district is presenting a package of lessons for grades K–4 that specifically address bullying and harassment as additions to the district’s SOAR (own it, act responsibly, be respectful) initiative. “These lessons are specific to the topics of bullying and harassment,” Mrs. Thomas said, describing two lesson strands: one focused on shifting from kindness to empathy and perspective-taking, and a second teaching a problem-solving process tied to existing social-emotional learning tools such as the SOAR solution wheels.
Dr. Mandege introduced the item and framed it as the product of several years of DAC…
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