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Lincoln school apologizes for 'inaccurate' bully flyer (Nebraska)
KETV Omaha ^ | 4/16/2014 | Anna Ripa

Posted on 04/17/2014 7:18:11 AM PDT by heartwood

LINCOLN, Neb. —Parents from a Lincoln elementary school were astounded when their children came home with a flyer about how to handle bullies.

The flyer had the following rules:

Treat the person who is being mean as if they are trying to help you

Do not be afraid

Do not verbally defend yourself

Do not attack

If someone physically hurts you, just show you are hurt; do not get angry

Do not tell on bullies

Don’t be a sore loser

Learn to laugh at yourself and not get “hooked” by put-downs

Lincoln Public Schools addressed the flyer on its Facebook page Wednesday night.

“Our educators at Zeman Elementary School work hard to provide accurate and appropriate lessons and education for our students in how to handle bullying situations. The flyer was sent home with good intentions, unfortunately, it contained advice that did not accurately reflect LPS best practices regarding response to bullying incidents.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; US: Nebraska
KEYWORDS: arth; bullying; education; lincolnpublicschools; nebraska; publicschools; zemanelementary
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To: heartwood

Teachers - excuse me, Educators - put out “I’ve know that for a long time?” Toward the end. What a mess from A to Z.


21 posted on 04/17/2014 8:51:12 AM PDT by EDINVA
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To: oh8eleven

Local parents, voters and school board have all been put on alert and are dealing with the situation. Local news carried the story; the principal and whoever put out the flyer have already been called out and embarrassed. For all you know, the principal was appalled as the rest of us, and is guilty of failing to vet the flyer, not of espousing the advice in it.

National forums posting this story, from the leftwing Jezebel to the rightwing FR, serve to alert parents and voters in other places to watch out for this insane philosophy in their own districts.

That’s what we have to watch out for. Lincoln, Nebraska is taking care of Lincoln, Nebraska.


22 posted on 04/17/2014 10:09:18 AM PDT by heartwood
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To: envisio

Yeah, something like that (wink).


23 posted on 04/17/2014 11:15:45 AM PDT by beelzepug ((you can't fix a broken washing machine by washing more expensive clothes in it))
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To: envisio; metmom

On the Lincoln School Facebook page, Brooks Gibbs’ curriculum is being credited for this fiasco. They are calling him a conservative christian. I found some evidence of him being a christian but no evidence of him being a conservative.
http://hsesd.org/alumni/

Also some were crediting this curriculum.

http://www.amazon.com/Bullies-Buddies-Turn-Enemies-Friends/dp/0970648219/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1397767276&sr=8-1&keywords=izzy+kalman

Does anyone have any info about where this flyer came from?


24 posted on 04/17/2014 1:59:45 PM PDT by christianhomeschoolmommaof3
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To: rockrr

ping to 24


25 posted on 04/17/2014 2:03:49 PM PDT by christianhomeschoolmommaof3
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To: heartwood; 2Jedismom; 6amgelsmama; AAABEST; aberaussie; AccountantMom; Aggie Mama; agrace; ...

ANOTHER REASON TO HOMESCHOOL

This ping list is for the “other” articles of interest to homeschoolers about education and public school. This can occasionally be a fairly high volume list. Articles pinged to the Another Reason to Homeschool List will be given the keyword of ARTH. (If I remember. If I forget, please feel free to add it yourself)

The main Homeschool Ping List handles the homeschool-specific articles. I hold both the Homeschool Ping List and the Another Reason to Homeschool Ping list. Please freepmail me to let me know if you would like to be added to or removed from either list, or both.

26 posted on 04/24/2014 5:55:02 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith....)
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