{"id":235051,"date":"2019-10-18T20:38:51","date_gmt":"2019-10-19T00:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=235051"},"modified":"2019-10-18T20:38:51","modified_gmt":"2019-10-19T00:38:51","slug":"new-brunswick-education-minister-says-discipline-policy-needed-for-bullying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/10\/18\/new-brunswick-education-minister-says-discipline-policy-needed-for-bullying\/","title":{"rendered":"New Brunswick education minister says discipline policy needed for bullying"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Students were asked it they had been subjected to physical, social, verbal or online bullying. While many said they had, most reported they still felt safe at school. (Pixabay Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

FREDERICTON \u2014 New Brunswick’s education minister says bullying and other violence in the classroom won’t be tolerated, and he’s looking to develop a new discipline policy.<\/p>\n

Dominic Cardy’s comments came as a three-day provincial education summit wrapped up in Fredericton on Friday.<\/p>\n

The summit included the release of the results of student perception surveys on a variety of issues, including bullying.<\/p>\n

Students were asked it they had been subjected to physical, social, verbal or online bullying. While many said they had, most reported they still felt safe at school.<\/p>\n

Rob Benn-Frenette of BullyingCanada said it is disheartening that in some cases up to 52 per cent of students report being victimized by bullies.<\/p>\n

Benn-Frenette declined to be interviewed Friday, but in a statement said his group is seeing more and more youth in crisis.<\/p>\n

Cardy said he takes the issue seriously.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not going to tolerate violence in New Brunswick classrooms and that obviously includes bullying,\u201d he said after giving his closing remarks to the Fredericton conference.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we are going to be building a culture of respect that we expect our children to model when they’re adults, it has got to start with being modelled in the school system.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cardy said he’s asking teachers for their ideas on how discipline policies can be developed.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are going to make sure our teachers have the power to have proper discipline in their classrooms … to make sure that every child can experience a school free of violence,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He says a new discipline policy is a priority for him and wants to hear input as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

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