Waukegan Public Schools has a universal bullying prevention curriculum that is taught to students grades Pre-K through 12th grade. The curriculum is aligned with the targeted/intensive bullying prevention curriculum Bully Proofing Your Schools.

Stop Bullying web site:

http://www.stopbullying.gov


Instructions on what to do if you come across bullying in our school district:

1. Contact your child's school.
~Speaking with your child's teacher and building administration is key to ensuring the incident will be addressed. 
2. Use our Tip Line to notify the district of any incidents going on. 
Tip Line
This Tip Line allows for you to address bullying, dangerous, and/or suspicious activity.
3.You can also call 224-303-1166 as well to report bullying, dangerous, or suspicious activity. 
4. If you see something, say something.

Bullying, including cyber-bullying, is defined as any severe or pervasive physical or verbal act or conduct, including communications made in writing or electronically, directed toward a student or students that has or reasonably can be predicted to have the effect of one or more of the following: 

1. Placing the student(s) in reasonable fear of harm to his/her person or property; 2. Causing a substantially detrimental effect on the student’s or students’ physical or mental health; 3. Substantially interfering with the student’s or students’ academic performance; or 4. Substantially interfering with the student’s or students’ ability to participate in or benefit from the services, activities, or privileges provided by the District. Bullying includes conduct such as: harassment, threats, intimidation, stalking, physical violence, sexual harassment, sexual violence, theft, public humiliation, destruction of property, or retaliation for asserting or alleging an act of bullying. The list is illustrative and not exhaustive. 

“Cyber-bullying” means bullying through the use of technology or any electronic communication, including without limitation any transfer of signs, signals, writing, images, sounds, data, or intelligence of any nature transmitted in whole or in part by a wire, radio, electromagnetic system, photoelectronic system, or photo-optical system, including without limitation electronic mail, Internet communications, instant messages, or facsimile communications. 

Every bullying case is reviewed and investigated. During the Spring 22 Semester, the number of cases that qualified under the WPS60 Bullying Policy 6046 is zero.