Anti-Bullying Policy

Bullying Policy Fact Sheet For Parents 2025-26

Britten School Anti- Bullying Policy 

Bullying on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, military status, sexual orientation, gender-related identity or expression, unfavorable discharge from military service, association with a person or group with one or more of the aforementioned actual or perceived characteristics, or any other distinguishing characteristic is prohibited at Britten School.  No student shall be subjected to bullying:

  1. During any school-sponsored education program or activity
  2. While in school, on school property, on school buses or other school vehicles, at designated school bus stops waiting for the school bus, or at school-sponsored or school-sanctioned events or activities
  3. Through the transmission of information from a school computer, a school computer network, or other similar electronic school equipment

Three Tier Framework

Britten School utilizes a three tier framework evidence based public health approach to bullying prevention. The tiers are as follows:

Tier One- Includes universal prevention which is school wide systems for all students, staff, and settings. These include twice weekly social skills groups, monthly all school community meeting, structured classrooms and continuous supervision of students based on a low faculty to student ratio. Faculty training on bullying prevention will occur throughout the school year. During October, which is Bullying Prevention Month, school wide assemblies and Pledge Days will be planned. The Reynolds Bully Victimization Scales for Schools (RBVSS) will be administered biannually, in October and May, to students in grades 3 through 12 to measure the impact of bullying behaviors and victimization among students, provide insight into the social and emotional climate of our school community, and identify at-risk students that may benefit from additional intervention.

Tier Two- Includes selective prevention which is specialized group intervention and supports for students with risky behavior such as changing a student’s classroom placement or assigning seating on bus to and from school and requesting additional supervision on a school bus. Faculty also provides small group processing for bus related incidents and peer mediation when clinically appropriate.

Tier Three- Tier Three prevention includes intensive, individualized interventions that focus on students who
are already displaying bullying behavior or have a history of being bullied. Students who have not been
responsive to Tier One and Tier Two supports will be required to engage in more specialized interventions, including risk assessments, one-on-one processing, enhanced social skills or assertiveness training, and/or individual therapy. One or more of the Reynolds Bully Victimization Scales will be utilized for close monitoring and/or data collection as well. If school-based individual therapy is not appropriate, a referral will be made for community- based counseling. Special programming, which might include removing the students from group therapy or changing school bus assignments/removing students from the school bus, will also be considered. Students displaying bullying behavior will also lose their good standing status in the school milieu, which limits
less structured social privileges throughout the school day, as well as participation in field trips and community activities. Targeted students will have the opportunity to make an impact statement to the student displaying bullying behavior, outlining how the bullying behavior has affected them emotionally, behaviorally, or socially. Parents of those students displaying bullying behavior may be asked to participate in a home-school meeting with Administration, and if the problem is repetitive and severe, the referring school district may also be included in the meeting. If students are unresponsive to Tier Three intervention and all support options have been exhausted, administration will consider alternate placement, as the physical and emotional safety of our students is our top priority.