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Compliance report: Baltimore City Schools reports rise in bullying reports for 2023–24 and outlines training, outreach
Summary
District legal and wholeness staff reported an increase in bullying reports to 825 in school year 2023–24, with 194 suspensions documented; staff emphasized outreach, leader training and student skill building as responses.
Josh Sivan, the district’s chief legal officer, and Katia Stokes, director in the Wholeness office, presented an update on compliance with policy JBA (nondiscrimination/bullying) to the Safety & Wholeness Committee on Jan. 22.
Stokes said the district received 825 bullying reports in school year 2023–24 and documented 194 suspensions associated with reported incidents. She clarified that the report count represents submitted reports, not necessarily incidents conclusively substantiated as bullying, and that the increase from the prior year’s 781 reports likely reflects both higher reporting rates and national trends.
Stokes told commissioners the district’s outreach — school and community QR…
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