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There are 2 girls involved in bullying and writing lies on Facebook about a Freshman at girl at Minarets. She is thinking about quitting school and going to home school. The rumors have spread throughout the campus. How would you handle this situation?

Bullying happens everywhere, especially at Minarets High School.

On one particular afternoon I was called into the office to deal with four freshman who were bullying another freshman.

As I walked into the room the three girls were sitting there, pouting looks on their faces.

Two of the girls were glaring at the only other girl in the room.

As I sat down I introduced myself and told them that I was a peer mentor; and explained to them what that meant.

I then laid down some rules they needed to follow, telling them they needed to be:

Respectful of the others in the room

Truthful

Be willing to listen and try to solve the problem.

I also told them that no matter what they had to listen to me and respect what I said, because without order, nothing would get accomplished and their being in here would be pointless.

So we began...

"Alright, does anyone want to start and explain what happened," I asked.

One of the bullies piped up and atarted to explain.

After her talking, the other girls gained courage and began to speak up, telling their sides of the story.

The two girls had been bullying the one girl over Facebook, and that girl had been tempted to switch to home school because of it.

After telling their own sides of the story, I got them to come to a agreement and wrote out a contract for them to follow.

We kept the contract on file in case another incident occured between these girls.

I assured them that all this would be kept confidential and thanked them for their time.

All three girls left seemingly satisfied.

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