APS anti-bullying effort falls short

As a teacher, one of my greatest frustrations was the damage done to the educational environment by bullies. Everyone knew who they were, knew what they were doing, and watched them continue to disrupt the lives of students whose only "crime" was showing up at school everyday and trying to educate themselves.

The leadership of the APS has a long record of failing to mitigate the effects of chronically disruptive students. It has gotten to the point where they no longer compile meaningful data on the subject. Teachers are no longer surveyed on the deleterious effects of chronically disruptive students, including bullies. Students are no longer surveyed for their feelings on the effect of chronically disruptive students and bullies.

Imagine for a moment you are the victim of a school bully.

Everyday you wake up wishing for an excuse to not go to school. Perhaps you search your home for some kind of weapon, with which you can defend yourself, and for carrying which, you cannot yourself be suspended or expelled.

Imagine your hear of APS' marvelous anti-bullying website, link. Go there. See what these poor kids are being offered for solace in their time of trouble.

Missing from APS' response to bullying; as usual,
any meaningful consequences for being one.

I couldn't find the revelation of the cost to taxpayers;
I believe it is around $4M.

The return on investment, the actual value to the victims of bullies and those who care for them, much, much less.