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Educators seek clearer guidelines on student violence

The Centre Avenue Elementary School in East Rockaway

Photo credit: Kathy Kmonicek | The Centre Avenue Elementary School in East Rockaway won a Blue Ribbon Award from the federal government. (Sept. 17, 2009)

When a lunchroom monitor at Centre Avenue Elementary School in East Rockaway sees a group of fourth-grade girls hanging out in a clique that other girls aren't invited to join, the girls are spoken to and the incident is written up, according to school rules.

At the end of each school year, Principal Timothy Silk tallies such incidents on a form under the heading "intimidation, harassment,...

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