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So the next day the new student arrives 

at Califon.............

That day students were getting tripped in the 

hall, the lunchroom was ridiculous.   Every time

the teacher wasn't looking we were being 

beamed with spit balls. "What a horrible, 

terrible, very bad day".....

        At both schools.

This went on for weeks at both schools. At 

the White Rock School we tried conflict 

resolution. We applied our six pillar 

strategies. Nothing helped.   The bullies 

were still as mean and angry as ever.   We 

were all scared.

Then, as if by a miracle, we found out 

from a kid whose mom helps in the PTA 

that the bullies were from the same 

family.   They were siblings, twins.......

       Why the different schools?

It turns out that the parents were split up - 

divorced. One parent lives in Califon and the 

other lives in Oak Ridge. The twins started 

fighting and became bullies, they were acting 

out their negative feelings about the divorce. 

So this is how we problem solved to help 

them....

At the Califon School we remembered learning 

about Open Circle. That is when we learned 

not to fight fire with fire. Remember when we 

used Flat Frank and each time we crinkled him 

up, he got more and more damaged? This is 

kind of what happens to kids in school when 

they get bullied with hurtful words and actions. 

The kids being bullied tried to fight back, 

but it just gets all messed up. Kids who 

bully don't realize how painful it is being 

bullied. The person being bullied feels 

helpless. 

When we tried to fix Flat Frank by 

smoothing him out, we could never make 

him perfect again.

Maybe we could try to uncrinkle the new kid 

with compliments and acts of kindness. 

We'll work together and use our 

communication skills to let the new kid feel 

welcomed. 

We'll be friends with the new kid. An 

invitation to the school dance might be a 

start. We'll invite the twin too!   Just maybe 

we can make a difference!

 Now, that's how we've solved that problem.  

We learned that we can make a difference.

    But, were the bullies boys

        or girls??????????