Michael T. Mondak speaks on accountability in public schools regarding bullying
CAUTION: This entry is about a sensitive topic that I have spoken about for many years. I have said for many years that bullying in schools continues to be a major problem. It isn't just an issue in Hermitage, Altoona, or Wyalusing. It isn't just in issue in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It's a national epidemic that too often leads to kids who are being bullied take their own lives, which is too many young lives lost due to incidences of bullying. I previously said that the states should place the onus on the schools to implement stricter zero tolerance policies regarding bullying and enforce them to their fullest extent by punishing those who bully and protect those who are being bullied and/or are witnesses lest they face the forfeiture of half of their state funding that comes from their state legislatures (e.g., Harrisburg). Then there was the next best thing of local municipalities put local laws on the books that prohibit public bullying of other...