Schools disciplining "Cyber-Bullying"

[Lambsbread]

I was watching a documentary on cyber-bullying last night and the mother of a victim said that the school should absolutely have the right to discipline their students if they partake in cyber-bullying off of school-property. Do you agree? Should schools be able to punish kids if they are bullying other kids, even if it's not happening at school?

Discuss.

[Lambsbread]

It really depends, but generally speaking, no.  If the bullying is illegal, it should be reported to the police if the school is the first to know of it.  The school my kids go to "loan" them laptops for each school year and we were specifically told that they (the school) MUST make sure the kids don't do the "cyber bully" thing on the school laptops as the school is liable.  But under normal circumstances, I don't see how the school could possibly be expected to provide any consistent protection from cyber bullying off of school grounds.

Agreed.