It’s okay, LPS has apologized for the ‘staffing error’ that led to this flyer being sent home with students. It was never intended to be seen by adults, only the children. They’re very sorry for the confusion this caused, and are working to correct the staffing error that inadvertently let the parents know just what a messed up message they were giving kids..
(that last part was my own input, of course...)
Supposedly, this was ‘one of the options’ presented to children when discussing bullying, and ‘not the main message’ that LPS was trying to impart. They ‘encourage’ students when faced with a bully to tell the bully to stop and walk away, and if the bullying continues, tell a teacher or parent.
But I have to admit, if a teacher passes out a piece of paper in class that says ‘rules’ on it, as a student, I’m going to assume that these are indeed rules, not ‘just ideas in a discussion.’ Especially with nine very detailed rules that effective looks to be a free pass for any and all bullying, and any attempts to stop it will be seen as inciting the fight. Resist the bully in any fashion, you started a fight, and of course, everyone knows what happens when you start a fight in school - you get zero toleranced right out of there.
One bully would make the rounds with kids, tire of them, then move on. When he got to my son, my son did all three. We went with him to the teacher (anonymously). The teacher called his parents down. (The father told the teacher “I have to work, that's his mom's job.” The teacher (public!) said “No - you're the father - be one.”)
The teacher said she would work with the bully, and the parents had to as well. Or he would get kicked out. The bully had a lot of other issues. Once the law was laid down he was okay. He and my son became good friends!
My daughter (6th grade) on the other hand had done as much walking as she could from one bully. She kept walking faster, and he kept pestering her. It just so happened that she spied a pencil on the floor as she was walking. She picked it up, swung around and jabbed it into his arm. He ran crying to the nurse with blood trickling down his arm.
My daughter got called down to the office and she assured us and the principal that it would never happen again. (The principal had previously dealt with the bully many times.) And we stopped for ice cream on the way home.