Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Film chronicles impacts of bullying.
Hundreds of local students are expected to attend a free screening of a new anti-bullying documentary film Wednesday afternoon and the public is invited to an evening showing, a local lawmaker announced. Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle, the lead sponsor of the state’s Anti-bullying Bill of Rights, will host the screening of “Bully” with her husband Englewood Mayor Frank Huttle III at the Bergen Performing Arts Center, 30 North Van Brunt Street. A noon screening is reserved for students, with a 6 p.m. show open to the public. The evening show will include a panel discussion. The film is set to appear in select theaters around the country, but none in Bergen County. “‘Bully’ showcases the harassment and intimidation the Anti-Bullying …
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Commission will help keep tabs on costs and efficiency of new law
Gov. Chris Christie and the legislature recently funded -- to general approval -- the state's anti-bullying law. Drawing less attention was a new provision to create a seven-member task force to review both the costs and the efficacy of the law going forward. Yesterday, Christie and the legislature announced the first five appointments to the new commission, a mix of people from education, academia and law. Christie’s appointments are: Bradford C. Lerman, director, Rutgers University’s Bullying Prevention Institute; Toni Pergolin, president and CEO, Bancroft; Joseph Ricca, superintendent, East Hanover Township Schools; Patricia Wright, executive director, NJ Principals and Supervisors Association. In addition, Assembly Speaker Sheila …
Friday, March 16, 2012
Dharun Ravi targeted roommate Tyler Clementi because he was gay, jury finds.
A Middlesex County jury found Dharun Ravi guilty Friday in the Rutgers webcam spying case that may have led to the suicide of Ridgewood native Tyler Clementi in fall of 2010. Ravi, 20, was convicted on the most serious charges of bias intimidation and invasion of privacy and faces a possible ten year prison sentence. He could also be deported to India after serving time in prison. The jury agreed with prosecutors that Ravi targeted Clementi, his 18-year-old roommate, because Clementi was gay. Ravi showed little emotion after hearing the jury determine his fate, ultimately convicting him on 24 of 35 charges contained in 15 counts. Clementi jumped to his death from the George Washington Bridge days after discovering Ravi attempted to view …
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Administrators charged with implementing tough new Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights, from new definitions to new jobs.
Every school year brings changes and challenges, but few are as formidable as the one now facing administrators: implementing the state's new anti-bullying law. The Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights requires districts to have a host of new procedures and protocols in place when schools open their doors, strengthening the rules put in place in 2002 and 2007. These include requirements that spell out the specific number of days allowed for a case to be reported, investigated and resolved. The law also expands the definitions of bullying, including the tricky issue of online or electronic harassment taking place outside of school. More than 1,000 school administrators have gone to day-long training sessions across the state over the past month, …
Richard T. Seng
4:16 pm on Sunday, June 24, 2012
We all know now that Ravi only spent days in jail. I think he should have gotten more time. I wonder if Ravi has asked himself this question: If I did not do, what I did , I wonder if Tyler Clementi would still be alive? From all indications I thinki not. more ›