Black Hawk Middle School reported a "dramatic" decrease in the number of disciplinary incidents due to fighting and bullying during the 2012-13 school year, according to Dr. Steven Barnes, principal. …
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Black Hawk Middle School reported a "dramatic" decrease in the number of disciplinary incidents due to fighting and bullying during the 2012-13 school year, according to Dr. Steven Barnes, principal. The "School-Wide Positive Behavior Support" program and the anonymous "CyberBully Hotline" system were two factors which contributed to the turnaround, Barnes told The Record. Although a year-end report was not immediately available, Barnes noted that during the first semester of the 2012-13 school year, there were no disciplinary incidents due to fighting, compared to 40 during the same period in 2011-12. For the year, fighting and bullying incidents were down by an estimate of more than 90 percent, Barnes said.
