Posts Tagged ‘BULLYING’

Bullying is detrimental to students’ well-being and development. According to a study by Yale, bullying victims are at least 70 percent more likely to commit suicide than non-victims.

Between 1994 and 1999, there were 253 violent deaths in school, 51 casualties were the result of multiple death events. Bullying is often a factor in school related deaths.

A group of parents and their high school age kids appeal to the Pocahontas County Board of Education to intervene in alleged bullying at Pocahontas County HS.