Bullying Forum

Wednesday, November 30th, The Office of Human Relations, in collaboration with the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center (NURFC), the Community Action Agency and the YWCA of Greater Cincinnati, hosted a Community Conversation titled “Parenting Youth Today and Confronting Bullying.” 

The panelist for this critical conversation were:

* Reva Crosby, Superintendent of Mount Healthy City Schools

* Susan Graham, Director of Education with Child Focus, Inc.

* Dr. Thomas Tucker, Superintendent of Princeton City Schools and

* Three local high school students

Following the opening remarks by Moderator Dr. Michael Battle, Vice President/Provost with the NURFC, the panel addressed questions dealing with bullying such as:

*What should students do if they see another student being bullied?

*What do you say to the person who is doing the bullying?

*Is school personnel trained to handle bullying?

*What if the teacher is a bully?

*Do students feel comfortable talking to their parents, friends or others, if they are being bullied? If not, why not?

The question and answer session lasted approximately one hour and lots of good information was disseminated. The discussion closed with a parent discussing the lack of funding provided by the state or federal government to help schools do additional training in this area.