Harassment And Bullying Case Study

Harassment and bullying are two of the most difficult challenges to overcome in any organization. At schools, a peaceful, safe, all-inclusive learning environment must be created and kept to achieve the student learning. However, schools are mirrors of the society in which they stand. Administrators should lead the way, by establishing a zero-tolerance policy against both unfair practices: harassment and bullying. Likewise, to limit, or in a utopia, eliminate all forms of harassment or bullying, it is not only the creation of the policies, but the spread of awareness about the issue and the enforcement of students’ code of conduct what will get results.
As per this case study, the principal should have been aware of her school community composition
50). Essex cites part of the Tinker v. Des Moines Supreme Court opinion: “School officials banned and sought to punish petitioners for a silent, passive expression of opinion, unaccompanied by any disorder or disturbance on the part of the petitioners…” (p. 50). Essex explains that “…students are entitled to express their views in an orderly fashion” (p. 50). The issue of the shirt was that the student was also disrupting the school environment. Therefore, the principal could had argued that the prohibition was based on that point. However, she did mention to him that the ‘Day of Truth’ words could had been disruptive. If that was her argument to ban the t-shirt she could be standing shaking grounds. During the West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette Supreme Court case decision, the Justices stated that the believes of the Jehovah Witnesses did not alter or affect the rights of others and that this case was based on authority v. individual rights. If the student’s legal defense decided, they could have argued that the shirt did not coerce anyone. The school district legal administration did foresee this possible outcome because they reversed the decision of Ms. Howard about the t-shirt. The decision to allowed him to wear his shirt followed the guideline of the Supreme Court by explaining that the words did not forced the student’s religion on