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The Pinellas County School Board defines bullying as systematically and chronically inflicting physical hurt or psychological distress on one or more students or employees and may involve but is not limited to: teasing, social exclusion, threat, intimidation, stalking (including cyberstalking), physical violence, theft, sexual, religious, or racial harassment, public humiliation,  and destruction of property.

 The School Board policy suggests an easy way to determine if someone is bullying is to look for three things generally present in a bullying situation:

 1. Repeated behavior (although it may be the first time you heard about or witnessed the behavior)

 2. Imbalance of power between the person who is bullying and the victim of bullying (could be a physical imbalance or a difference in status)

 3. Intent to harm (either physically or emotionally)

The Pinellas County School Board has established a policy that prohibits bullying and harassment to ensure that all students, employees, and volunteers learn and work in an environment that is safe, secure, and free from harassment and bullying of any kind.

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