An expert panel of law enforcement and education officials brought together for a symposium sponsored by The University of Southern Mississippi agreed that bullying in schools could be quelled quicker through proactive measures.
“You don’t want to find yourself in a position where you wait to respond to a complaint and then a tragedy occurs,” said Donna Rigel, principal at Oak Grove Upper Elementary School. “The last thing you want is to be caught asking yourself, ‘what could I have done to prevent this from happening?’”
