Waukegan Public Schools has a universal bullying prevention curriculum taught to students from Pre-K through 12th grade. The curriculum is aligned with the targeted/intensive bullying prevention curriculum Bully Proofing Your Schools.
Stop Bullying website:
http://www.stopbullying.gov
Instructions on what to do if you come across bullying in our school district:
1. Contact your child's school.
~Speaking with your child's teacher and building administration is key to addressing the incident.
2. Use our Tip Line to notify the district of any incidents.
Tip Line
This Tip Line allows you to address bullying dangerous, and/or suspicious activity.
3. You can call 224-303-1166 to report bullying, dangerous, or suspicious activity.
4. If you see something, say something.
Bullying, including cyber-bullying, is defined as any severe or pervasive physical or verbal act or conduct, including communications made in writing or electronically, directed toward a student or students that has or reasonably can be predicted to have the effect of one or more of the following:
1. Placing the student(s) in reasonable fear of harm to his/her person or property; 2. Causing a substantially detrimental effect on the student's or students’ physical or mental health; 3. Substantially interfering with the student's or students’ academic performance; or 4. Substantially interfering with the student's or students' ability to participate in or benefit from the services, activities, or privileges provided by the District. Bullying includes conduct such as harassment, threats, intimidation, stalking, physical violence, sexual harassment, sexual violence, theft, public humiliation, destruction of property, or retaliation for asserting or alleging an act of bullying. The list is illustrative and not exhaustive.
“Cyber-bullying” means bullying through the use of technology or any electronic communication, including without limitation any transfer of signs, signals, writing, images, sounds, data, or intelligence of any nature transmitted in whole or in part by a wire, radio, electromagnetic system, photoelectronic system, or photo-optical system, including without limitation electronic mail, Internet communications, instant messages, or facsimile communications.
“Cyber-bullying” includes, but is not limited to 1. Spoofing. The creation of a webpage or weblog in which the creator assumes the identity of another person or the knowing impersonation of another person as the author of posted content or messages if the creation or impersonation creates any of the effects enumerated in the definition of bullying in this Section; 2. Distribution. The distribution by electronic means of a communication to more than one person or the posting of material on an electronic medium that may be accessed by one or more persons if the distribution or posting creates any of the effects enumerated in the definition of bullying in this Definitions section.