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Bullying Prevention

Noble Public Schools · Student Support

Helping Every Student Feel Safe at School

Every student deserves to feel safe and welcome at Noble. If something is getting in the way of that — for you or for your child — we want to know, so we can look into it and help. Here is what bullying is, how to tell us, and what happens after you do.

What Bullying Is Bullying Online For Students Tell Us What's Happening What Happens Next Where to Get Help Who to Talk To

What Bullying Is

Not every unkind moment at school is bullying, and not every argument is either. Bullying is a particular thing, and it has three parts. Schools look for all three together.

One

Someone meant to hurt

It was aimed at a person, not an accident. Working out whether it was on purpose is an adult's job — "it was an accident" is where a grown-up starts looking into it, not where they stop.

Two

It keeps happening

There is no magic number of times. What matters is whether the same person is being picked on again and again, instead of one bad afternoon between two people.

Three

It isn't a fair fight

One person can't easily stand up for themselves — because of size, age, numbers, who's popular, or something the other person knows about them. In an argument, both sides can push back.

An argument is not the same thing. Friends have bad days. They fall out, say things they regret, and need a break from each other. That is normal, and schools handle it differently. A one-time incident can still break the rules and still get a response — it just might not be recorded as bullying.

And none of this is yours to work out first. Tell the school what happened. Sorting out which one it is, is our job.

The exact wording in the lawOklahoma's School Safety and Bullying Prevention Act

Bullying means "any pattern of harassment, intimidation, threatening behavior, physical acts, verbal or electronic communication directed toward a student or group of students that results in or is reasonably perceived as being done with the intent to cause negative educational or physical results for the targeted individual or group and is communicated in such a way as to disrupt or interfere with the school's educational mission or the education of any student."

Threatening behavior means "any pattern of behavior or isolated action, whether or not it is directed at another person, that a reasonable person would believe indicates potential for future harm to students, school personnel, or school property."

Electronic communication means written, verbal, pictorial or video content sent by an electronic device, including a telephone, a mobile or cellular phone or other wireless device, or a computer.

Noble's own policy FNCD adds that harassment may include verbal, physical or written harassment or abuse; repeated remarks of a demeaning nature; implied or explicit threats about grades or achievements; demeaning jokes, stories or activities directed at a student; and unwelcome physical contact.

Where and when this appliesIncluding off campus and online

The policy covers school grounds, school vehicles, designated bus stops, and school-sponsored or school-sanctioned events.

It also reaches away from school, when what happened directly affects the good order, efficient management and welfare of the school district — and it covers electronic communication whether or not it started at school or on school equipment, if it is aimed at students or staff and concerns bullying at school.

In plain terms: it does not stop being the school's business because it happened on a phone, at a bus stop, or on a Saturday.

What the district's policy saysPolicy FNCD

"It is the policy of this school district that bullying of students by other students, personnel, or the public will not be tolerated. Students are expected to be civil, polite, and fully engaged in the learning process."

If it involves sex or gender. Anything based on sex, including sexual harassment, also goes through the district's Title IX process. You can contact Stacy Storey, Title IX Coordinator, at sstorey@nobleps.com or (405) 872-3452, and Title IX & Nondiscrimination explains how that works. You don't have to figure out which one applies — tell the school and we'll send it the right way.

Bullying That Happens Online

Phones are where most of this happens now, and it follows students home. It still counts, even if it never happened at school. It usually looks like:

  • Spreading lies, or posting embarrassing photos or videos of someone
  • Sending cruel, abusive or threatening messages, pictures or videos
  • Pretending to be someone, or using a fake account to send mean messages as them
  • Sharing private pictures without permission, or pressuring someone to send them

Four things that help, in this order: don't reply or hit back; screenshot it before it disappears; block the account; tell a parent and the school.

Online bullying leaves a trail, and that trail is very often what makes it possible to stop it. Saving it matters more than answering it.

If You're a Student

This part is for you, not your parents.

  • You're not in trouble for telling. You don't need proof and you don't need to be sure. You just need to tell someone.
  • Tell an adult you trust. A teacher, a counselor, the principal, an SRO, a parent. If the first adult you tell doesn't fix it, tell a different one and ask again. Keep asking until someone does.
  • Walking away isn't losing. Staying quiet in the moment and telling someone later is not backing down. It's not giving the other person what they came for.
  • Save the messages. Screenshots help adults understand what's been happening, especially if it's been going on a while.
  • You can report it yourself. You don't need a parent to do it for you. See the next section.

If you see it happening to someone else

Most bullying needs an audience. It stops being worth doing when nobody's watching — which means you can change what happens without confronting anyone.

Tell an adult. Talk to the person it's happening to and ask what would help. Listen without judging. Ask them to sit with you — walk with them, put them in your group. Being noticed by one person is often the thing that makes the difference.

Tell Us What's Happening

Anyone can tell us — a student, a parent, a staff member, someone in the community. You don't need to be certain and you don't need every detail. There are three ways to do it.

Option 1

Talk to the building principal

Best for bullying and student conduct, and the right choice when you want to talk it through with someone who already knows your student. School office numbers are listed below. Putting it in writing afterward — the report form, or just your own words — is what lets the principal begin looking into it formally.

Option 2

Use the ProtectOK app

Oklahoma's free statewide reporting app, from the Department of Public Safety and the Oklahoma School Security Institute. Works for either kind of concern, and you can report without giving your name. You can also text OKS Threat to 226787 — that line carries two-way messages, photos and video, 24 hours a day.

Option 3

Email the campus police tip line

Goes straight to Noble Campus Police. Best for threats, weapons, or anything that could put a campus at risk. Write to tipline@nobleps.com. See School Resource Officers.

You can report without giving your name. Anonymous reports are welcome, and they get looked into. One thing worth knowing: the school can't discipline anyone on an anonymous report alone — so if you're comfortable adding your name, it gives staff more to work with.

Incident Report Form (PDF) ProtectOK — App Store ProtectOK — Google Play

If someone is in immediate danger

Call 911 first. The app and the school office are for concerns that are not an emergency happening right now.

What helps when you tell us

  • Who was involved, and who else saw it
  • What happened, and when and where
  • Whether it has happened before
  • Screenshots or printouts if any of it happened by text, message or post — along with the email address, phone number or web address it came from.

Whatever you remember is enough to start. Missing details don't stop us looking into it.

What Happens Next

However it reaches us — the school office, ProtectOK, or the tip line — this is what follows.

  1. The principal looks into it

    After a written report, the principal tells the superintendent within twenty-four hours and starts looking into what happened: how serious it is, whether it is still going on, and whether it could get worse.

  2. Police are called if a crime may have happened

    If it looks that way, the principal or superintendent contacts local law enforcement and lets the family know they can contact police directly too.

  3. The response fits the situation

    Where school rules have been broken, the principal follows district policy. The aim is the response that will actually work for the students involved, which is why the policy offers a range — a conversation with the student, a meeting with parents, time with a counselor, an agreement about behavior, a change of seat or class, losing a privilege, suspension, or involving police in serious cases. Parents are often part of that conversation.

  4. Help is offered to everyone involved

    The school can connect families with counseling or community mental health services — for the student who was hurt, the student who did the hurting, and anyone else it affected.

  5. Both families hear the outcome within five days

    Once the investigation is finished, the parents of a student who was bullied are told, and so are the parents of the student responsible, within five days of it concluding.

Reporting is protected. Nobody should be treated badly for reporting bullying, for taking part in an investigation, or for backing up someone who did. If that happens after you report, tell the principal straight away — it gets handled as its own problem.

Where to Get Help

Whatever else is going on, a student who is struggling can talk to someone.

Who to Talk To

Ask for the building principal at your student's school.

SchoolGradesOffice
Katherine I. Daily ElementaryPre-K – K(405) 872-3406
John K. Hubbard Elementary1 – 3(405) 872-9201
Pioneer Elementary School4 – 5(405) 872-3472
Curtis Inge Middle School6 – 8(405) 872-3495
Noble High School9 – 12(405) 872-3441
District administrationAll(405) 872-3452

Policies and Forms

Not sure whether to say something? Say something.

You don't have to decide whether what happened counts. Tell the building principal, or send it through ProtectOK, and let us work out which process applies. Something that turns out to be a different kind of problem still gets a response — and a student who needs support still gets it.

District office: (405) 872-3452 · contactus@nobleps.com · Emergencies: 911