The Christian Science Monitor – Cristina Maza
“When Casey Waletich, the director of safety and operations at the Hillsboro School District in Oregon, decided to launch an anti-bullying initiative in his district, he knew he had to get the students on board. “We knew based off of research that this had to be a student-led effort. The days of having schools initiate things without the buy-in of the students are over. We had to capture the students’ voice,” Mr. Waletich says. So he got a group of students together and asked them how they would like to do things. The resulting campaign, “Re-think, Redefine, Where Do You Stand?” launched in October 2014 to coincide with National Bullying Prevention Month.”(more)