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Bowie High Parents Parents Prepare Bullying Battle Plan
Parents, the school and public officials hope to raise awareness and reduce incidences of bullying in the school this year.
With the second highest reported incidents of bullying in the county, parents of Bowie High School students are ready to fight back, with the help of the school system and public officials.
Last school year alone there were 17 incidents of bullying reported at Bowie High, a number only trumped by the 23 incidents reported at Duvall High School, reported The Gazette.
“High school is an impressionable time and it marks you for life,” said PTSO president Elaine Beal told The Gazette. “Things like [bullying] can have an impact on you in both directions whether you’re someone who is doing it or a victim of it.”
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Parents and the school systems have come together with Prince George’s County Councilwoman Ingrid Turner (D-District 5)—a Bowie native—and hope to hold a bullying symposium at the high school in September, similar to the anti-bullying program Turner launched at Benjamin Tasker Middle School last fall.
For more information on the proposed symposium, and the school system’s efforts to combat bullying, read the full story on The Gazette.Find out what's happening in Bowiefor free with the latest updates from Patch.
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