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New Hampshire Bans Dodgeball Because Of Bullying Concerns

Joe Student — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 18:23:03 +0000

We hope you enjoyed your childhood, because it’s slowly being legislated into dust. Earlier this week, a New Hampshire school district banned dodgeball out of concern that the game leads to bullying. The Windham (N.H.) School Board voted 4-1 to drop dodgeball and nine other “human target” activities because it believes they encourage violence and [...]

Teen Suspended for Protesting School Bullying Launches Lawsuit

Drew Weisholtz — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 20:00:11 +0000

Amber Hatch refuses to be bullied when it comes to her efforts to stop bullying. Hatch, 15, of DeSoto High School in Fort Myers, Florida is suing the school’s principal, dean of students and the local school board, claiming she was suspended last year after officials tried to force her not to take part in [...]

Bullied Bus Monitor Karen Klein Starts Her Own Anti-Bullying Foundation

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 16:30:11 +0000

Remember Karen Klein, the upstate New York bus monitor who was viciously harassed by her middle school charges in a video that went viral in June? Her story had a happy ending, as an internet fundraising campaign to send the 68-year-old on a “nice vacation” raised over $700,000 from 32,000 people around the world.

That’s more than enough money for Klein to retire from the yellow school bus grind. And she plans to. But she is also using a good chunk of the cash — $100,000 — to set up the Karen Klein Anti-Bullying Foundation.