BETHEL — About 40 people attended a meeting at Telstar High School on Thursday on the issue of bullying. The gathering included presentations by SAD 44 school administrators and Sarah Ricker, the student assistance coordinator for the Maine Department of Education. The meeting was prompted in part by concerns of the group Parents Against Bullying […]
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Meeting on SAD 44 bullying policy postponed
BETHEL — An informational meeting on the new SAD 44 bullying policy has been postponed until Thurs. Jan. 11, because of the incoming snowstorm. The meeting, originally scheduled for Jan. 4, will take place in the Helen C. Berry auditorium at Telstar Regional Middle/High School at 6:30 p.m. “Between three portions of presentations, we plan […]
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How could firm commitment vanish so fast?
Two days after Lewiston middle-schooler Anie Graham took her life, hundreds packed the Green Ladle at Lewiston High School calling for community members to stand together to battle bullies and guard against suicide. It was an emotional event, and commitments were made around the room for people to work together. There were calls for regular […]
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One Lewiston student's experience with bullying
LEWISTON — “Joy” is 13 and an eighth-grader at Lewiston Middle School. She didn’t feel comfortable sharing her story in front of a group of other middle-schoolers at a recent Sun Journal forum, so she spoke to the newspaper separately. For years, she said, she’s been bullied by other students. “This past year I was […]
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What's on a young teen's mind? We asked.
Suicide, cutting, bullying, social media and, yes, caring adults. Middle school 2017. LEWISTON — They face challenges every day. Bullying, on social media and in real life. Peer pressure and anxiety — to be good enough, to be “liked” enough online. Insults and put-downs, sometimes blatant, sometimes disguised as a roast or a joke. Fights […]
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Be there for your child, says Bates College lecturer and mom
There’s a reason kids bully. A reason teens can feel like something is the absolute end of the world. A reason parents don’t quite get it. Su Langdon is a lecturer in Bates College’s psychology department and a mom to an eighth-grader and just-graduated 12th-grader. She’s studied it and lived it. “The whole teenage world […]
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Query: What does bullying look like in 2017?
Are you a Lewiston middle-schooler? We want to hear your thoughts on bullying and cyber-bullying. The Sun Journal will host a panel of six to eight LMS students at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday for a frank discussion about what kids say to each other, what bullying looks like in 2017 and any ideas you have for […]
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Support the end of polarization
I could not believe my eyes when I opened up my Facebook account and saw the Sun Journal editorial “Bringing courtesy back to this page” (May 31). I could not be any prouder of the decision to take a stand on civility. Two years ago, when I started the Facebook page Lewiston Rocks, I was […]
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Brunswick agrees to pay $125K to settle school bullying lawsuit
BRUNSWICK — The town will pay $125,000 to settle a federal lawsuit that accused the School Department of failing to adequately protect a student from persistent bullying, discrimination and sexual assault. As part of the agreement filed Nov. 10 in U.S. District Court, the School Department will immediately expand and reinforce its bullying policies and procedures, which […]
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Voting for a bully won’t help
Donald Trump, Chris Christie, Paul LePage … the bullies unite. Like attracts like. What kind of leadership are people in this country going to vote to power? Does the public want this nation to become a dictatorship, similar to all the countries where the U.S. spent millions of dollars and lost thousands of human lives […]