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 * From the Hampton Township School District Bullying Policy:**

Bullying shall mean an intentional electronic, written, verbal, or physical act, or series of acts directed at another student or student and has the effect of substantially interfering with a student's education, creating a threatening environment, or substantially disrupting the orderly operation of school.

Bullying includes, but is not limited to:
 * 1) Physically harming a student.
 * 2) Damaging, extorting, or taking a students personal property.
 * 3) Placing a student in reasonable fear of physical harm.
 * 4) Placing a student in emotional unrest by spreading rumors, manipulating social relationships or environment, engaging in social exclusion, extortion, intimidation, or ridicule.
 * 5) Cyber-bullying: forms of verbal and psychological bullying may also occur on the Internet through e-mail, instant messaging, or personal profile websites.
 * 6) Creating an intimidating or hostile environment that substantially interferes with a student's educational opportunities.
 * 7) Creating verbal statements or written remarks that are taunting, malicious, threatening, or sexual.
 * 8) *Bullying includes retaliation against another student for reporting bullying or for assisting or testifying in the investigation of bullying.