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North Brunswick reports drop in reported school violence, outlines trainings and restorative steps
Summary
District presenters told the board the required HIB (harassment, intimidation and bullying) report showed reported incidents fell from 153 to 93 in the latest reporting period; administrators credited trainings, restorative practices and policy changes and said 23 allegations were preliminarily deemed not to meet the state HIB definition.
The North Brunswick Township Board of Education received the district's annual violence and vandalism report on July 30, with administrators saying reported harassment, intimidation and bullying incidents fell from 153 in the prior reporting period to 93 in the most recent Jan. 1'June 30 window. Dr. Zakowski opened the presentations and turned the report over to Miss Kea, the district's HIB reporter.
Miss Kea said the district is required by state rules to report incidents publicly and that staff use the data to guide prevention work. "We can't get better if we don't report and understand where the numbers are going," she said, describing the decline as the result of multiple efforts including increased…
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