VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Having an anti-bullying law is a great first step in helping to eliminate
bully/victim problems, but parents need to see to it that it is being enforced.
If you are from CT and would like to volunteer to be a district liaison please email
District liaison's provide AGPCAB Inc with the following
district information so that it can be posted and made
available to other parents and concerned citizens:
*A copy of the list of verified acts of bullying at EACH
school annually from the previous school year (**the school
can charge you .50 cents per page copy)The school is
required to maintain this list and keep it available at all
times for public inspection regardless of whether or not
there have been any verified incidents recorded on it.
Mail copies to:
AGPCAB Inc
P.O. Box 4201
Wallingford, CT 06492
*The NAME of the anti-bullying prevention
(program/curriculum) implemented at EACH school
(email to AGPCAB Inc)
*The name and contact information of the PTA president of
EACH school
(email to AGPCAB Inc)
*WHAT the anonymous reporting mechanism is at EACH school.
The law states that this must be a mechanism that ENABLES
students to report. A school that says their anonymous
reporting mechanism is "they allow", "permit",
or "encourage" anonymous student reporting to a teacher,
administrator or adult staff, is not ENABLING the process.
AGPCAB Inc is looking for a PROACTIVE mechanism, such as
concise reporting forms, online reporting forms, suggestion
boxes, anti-bullying phone-line, etc. .
(email to AGPCAB Inc)
*The police incident log of EACH school from the previous
school year
You can get this information by going to the records
department at the police station. They should have a request
form for you to fill out. If not, than you'll need to put
your request in writing.
Request the incident logs from the first to the last day of
the previous school-year by the address of each school.
There is NO charge for this. Police records department staff
wanting to verify this can contact Tom Hennick with the CT
Freedom of Information Commission @ 866-374-3617
Mail printouts to:
AGPCAB Inc
P.O. Box 4201
Wallingford, CT 06492
AGPCAB INC has requested the lists of verified acts of bullying from applicable CT schools for the following school years:
2002-03
2003-04
Replies to the request are as follows:
**schools listed in the categories below without a number in the "verified acts" of bullying column located to the to the far right , did not respond to AGPCAB Inc's written request for the list.
*Sorry, no more school lists have been received since 12/9/04 (191 responses out of over 1000 FOI requests)Schools listed in the above categories without a number in the verified acts of bullying column located to the to the far right did not respond to AGPCAB Inc's written request for the list.
**If a school administration is unwilling to make available their list of verified acts of bullying, you may file a freedom of information complaint -for more info go to www.state.ct.us/FOI AGPCAB Inc. has filed a Freedom of Information complaint against over 800 CT schools for withholding requested information;lists of verified acts of bullying for the 2003- 2004 school year. School administrators that did forward the requested information are listed above.
Schools that have forwarded the information since the FOI complaint was filed:
Waterbury ***Waterbury Schools/Waterbury City Counsel is one of two respondents requesting a per-page copying fee. AGPCAB Inc. has requested the fee be waived as the purpose for requesting the information will benefit the public welfare. **12/16/04
(*Update-AGPCAB Inc has not received a reply to the requested fee waiver)
Plainville Community Schools
Integrated Day Charter School
The bullying data from these schools have been added to the list above and will be withdrawn from the FOI complaint.
***Stamford Schools/Shipman & Goodwin LLP Law Firm have responded with a request for a prepayment copy fee.
AGPCAB Inc. has requested this fee also be waived.
*12/16/04 Update- After speaking with the representing attorney at Shipman & Goodwin lawfirm concerning the prepayment request in accordance with the FOI law, (a prepayment fee may be requested ONLY if copy fees exceed $10; no Stamford school list exceeded this amount) the prepayment fee request was rescinded and the lists have since been forwarded) (see above) However, the waiver request for copy fees of $.50 per page was denied by the Stamford school district.
**The Freedom of Information Commission has informed AGPCAB Inc that they are unable to handle more than 5 respondents per complaint.(that would be over 150 seperate complaints for the 800+ school administrators that did not forward the requested lists of verified acts of bullying) **The FOI Act does NOT specify the maximum number of respondents per complaint.
CT State Board of Education Collection Report ED166- Disciplinary Offense Record Data Collection -
Look for HARASSMENT/NON-SEXUAL BULLYING
**Note-the ED166 data consists of ONLY acts which have been disciplined by suspension, in-school suspension or expulsion-therefore, since anti-bullying prevention best practices discourage a no-tolerance discipline approach but rather appropriate graduated sanctions, it is highly probable that many verified acts of bullying may not be included here-making the purpose of collecting this data irrelevant . Because the ED166 provides limited data on bullying in CT public schools, it's imperative that AGPCAB INC receive and publicize the number of verified acts of bullying in each school collectively, so parents, students, professionals, law enforcement, lawmakers, etc., can have a more accurate and global perspective on the issue. Without this perspective, it stands to reason that CT communities will be less compelled into taking adequate measures against bullying among our youth seriously.
2003- 2004 CT In & Out of School Suspensions/Expulsions Listed By School Name
Top 5 Schools :
1.Fox Middle School/Hartford/377 /Fighting-Altercation
2.New Britain High School/New Britain/257/Non-Sexual Harassment-Bullying
3.Cross/Bridgeport/252 /Fighting-Altercation
4. West Rocks Middle School/Norwalk/220/Fighting-Altercation
5.Wilbur Cross/New Haven/218/Fighting -Altercation
(*note- This list does NOT include all suspensions and expulsions! It only includes suspensions and expulsions resulting from incidents which are required to be reported to the CT State Board of Education. Also, the CT Sate Department of Education will not give the public access to the names of schools with a a total number of suspensions/expulsions under 10.
2001-2002 & 2002-2003 CT In & Out of School Suspensions/Expulsions Listed By School Name
