A safe and civil environment is needed for students to learn and attain high academic standards and to promote healthy human relationships. The purpose of the Chapel Hill Independent School District’s policy on bullying is to assist the district in its goal of preventing and responding to acts of bullying, intimidation, violence, and other similar disruptive behavior. An act of bullying, by either an individual student or a group of students, is expressly prohibited on district property or at school-related functions. This policy applies not only to students who directly engage in an act of bullying but also to students who, by their indirect behavior, condone or support another student’s act of bullying. More information about the district’s bullying policy can be found at FFI (LOCAL) of board policy or the campus administration office.