A Klamath Falls woman who experienced bullying as a student, and as a parent says she’s had enough…and she wants your help in ending bullying in schools.
Rachel Turner says she was a victim of bullying at school…and now she says her son is a target of bullies.
“Oh, yeah. This has been a problem in Klamath Falls for as long as I can remember. And it can’t continue.”
Klamath Falls City Schools Superintendent Dr. Paul Hillyer says some bullying today is sparked online through social media sites like facebook…
“Where students will be cruel to one another, through that non face to face media, and then come to school angry at each other.”
Turner is now using facebook to help solve the problem…
“Join us on facebook. It’s ‘Stop the bullying in Klamath Falls schools.”
City school students are being asked to document details of bullying…and Superintendent Hillyer notes a new system is also in place where students can text their complaints of bullying…
“That will go directly to our SRO’s, (School Resource Officers) who will then address it during the school day, and address it anonymously.”
Turner says there’s an additional key to making those programs work…
“Parents are the missing link. We are what was missing in these programs in order for them to work efficiently.”
Turner believes that parental support may also help kids who are too scared to report problems of bullying.
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