Lexington Bullying Report

The Lexington Local School District takes bullying very seriously. The school district and each building within the school district will do everything possible to help any student who is the victim of bullying. Please use the definition below when determining if an incident is bullying and when reviewing the data regarding the reported incidents of bullying.

Definition of Bullying

Any intentional, persistent and repetitive written, verbal, graphic, electronically transmitted or physical act that student or group of students exhibits toward another student that causes both: a) mental or physical harm to the other student and b) is sufficiently severe that it creates an intimidating, threatening or abusive educational environment for the victim.

Based on the above definition of bullying, it has been reported to the Superintendent by the Building Principals the following incidents of bullying:

2023-2024

First Semester - August 23, 2023 - January 10, 2024, Preschool 0, Elementary 0, Junior High 0, High School 1. There were a total of 1 verified incident of bullying for the first semester of the 2023-2024 school year, grades PreK-12.

Second Semester - January 11, 2024 - May 29, 2024, Preschool 0, Elementary 0, Junior High 1, High School 2. There were a total of 3 verified incidents of bullying for the second semester of the 2023-2024 school year, grades PreK-12.

2022-2023

First Semester – August 21, 2022 – December 20, 2022, Elementary 0, Junior High 0, High School 3. There were a total of 3 verified incidents of bullying for the first semester of the 2022-2023 school year, grades K-12.

Second Semester – January 6, 2023 - May 28, 2023, Elementary 0, Junior High 4, High School 1. There were a total of 5 verified incidents of bullying for the second semester of the 2022-2023 school year, grades K-12.

There were a total of 2 verified incidents of bullying for the 2019-2020 school year, K-12.

2020-2021

First Semester – September 8, 2020 – December 22, 2020, Elementary 0, Junior High 0, High School 1. There were a total of 1 verified incidents of bullying for the first semester of the 2020-2021 school year, grades K-12.

Second Semester – January 4, 2021 - May 27, 2021, Elementary 0, Junior High 0, High School 0. There were 0 verified incidents of bullying for the second semester of the 2020-2021 school year, grades K-12.

There were a total of 1 verified incidents of bullying for the 2020-2021 school year, K-12.

2019-2020

First Semester – August 21, 2019 – December 20, 2019, Elementary 1, Junior High 0, High School 0. There were a total of 1 verified incidents of bullying for the first semester of the 2019-2020 school year, grades K-12.

Second Semester – January 6, 2020 - May 28, 2020, Elementary 0, Junior High 0, High School 1. There were a total of 1 verified incidents of bullying for the second semester of the 2019-2020 school year, grades K-12.

There were a total of 2 verified incidents of bullying for the 2019-2020 school year, K-12.

Listed below are the means of communication we use in announcing a delay or closing of school and cancellation of an event in our school district.

• Posted on Lexington's Homepage
• Lexington's Facebook Page
• Messages sent out by Lexington's Messaging service
• Media sources- Clear Channel radio which includes:
  • 101.3 FM
  • 105.3 FM
  • 100.1 FM
  • 102.3 FM
  • 107.7 FM
• WVNO 106.1 FM and WMFD TV Channel 15 on cable
• News Journal at www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com
• 10 TV which is part of the ONN network
• NBC 4
• WKYC3
• News channel 5
• FOX 8