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Dignity for All Students Act (DASA)

Dignity for all students act

New York State’s Dignity for All Students Act (DASA) prohibits actions, such as aggression, threats and intimidation, that intefere with another student’s educational performance both at school and district events or off school property when the actions create or would foreseeably create a risk of substantial disruption within the school environment or where it is foreseeable that the conduct might reach school property.

Dignity Act Coordinators

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  • Munn Elementary
    Jeanne Pacitto 349-5540
  • Taylor Elementary
    Tabitha Messner 349-5640
  • Cosgrove Middle School
    Andrew Burroughs 349-5343
  • Spencerport High School
    Jennifer Davin 349-5261

The Spencerport Central Schools are committed to providing all students with a safe learning environment, which:

  • promotes learning and positive student conduct, and
  • prevents and eliminates all forms of bullying and other harmful and disruptive behavior that can impede the learning process.

The district will take specific steps to create a safe and supportive environment for vulnerable populations in the school community. We will provide all students with the skills, knowledge, and strategies to identify, prevent, report, and respond to bullying, harassment, or retaliation.

Tim O'Connor, district DASA coordinator

Timothy O’Connor
District DASA coordinator
349-5151

  • In order to be considered bullying, and not a conflict, the behavior must be aggressive and include:

    • An imbalance of power: Kids who bully use their power, such as physical strength, access to embarrassing information, or popularity, to control or harm others. Power imbalances can change over time and in different situations, even if they involve the same people.
    • Repetition: Bullying behaviors happen more than once or have the potential to happen more than once. 
    • Intent to cause harm: The person bullying has a goal to cause harm. Bullying is not accidental.

    Bullying includes actions such as making threats, spreading rumors, attacking someone physically or verbally.

  • Cyberbullying is bullying that takes place using electronic technology. Examples of cyberbullying include mean text messages or emails, rumors sent by email or posted on social networking sites, and embarrassing pictures, videos, websites or fake profiles.

  • Physical: hitting, kicking, tripping

    Verbal: name calling and teasing

    Relational/Social: spreading rumors and leaving one out of the group

    Cyberbullying: done through technology (phones, social media, etc.)

    Damage to property of the victim

DASA reporting

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Who can submit a DASA report?
Anyone who witnesses a bullying incident(s) or the bullying incident(s) are reported to.

  • Victim
  • Bystander
  • Faculty/Staff
  • Parent/Guardian

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How to submit a DASA report:

  • Fill out the DASA form electronically and email it to DASA coordinator.
  • Print the DASA form, fill it out, and return to DASA coordinator.

SCSD Incident Report form

 

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The DASA coordinator will initiate and complete a formal DASA investigation which includes interviews of victim(s), alleged offender(s), and all witnesses. Communicate with parents of victim/offender. Coordinate with administration to determine appropriate means of resolution.

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Each school in our district has a Dignity Act Coordinator (DAC) who, along with the building principal, is responsible for investigating reports of harassment, discrimination, bullying, taunting or intimidation. The following is a list of the DACs for each building:

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