HIB Info

Mendham Township School District is committed to eliminating bullying, harassing, and intimidating behaviors form our school community. Policy 5512 (Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying) and Policy 5600 (Pupil Discipline/Code of Conduct) shall govern all HIB reporting, investigations, and school responses.

The definition of an HIB as per state legislation is as follows:

"Harassment, intimidation or bullying" means any gesture, any written, verbal or physical act, or any electronic communication, whether it be a single incident or a series of incidents that meet the following criteria: 

1. is reasonably perceived as being motivated either by any actual or perceived characteristic, such as race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, or a mental, physical or sensory disability, or by any other distinguishing characteristic 

2. takes place on school property, at any school sponsored function, on a school bus, or off school grounds as provided for in section 16 of P.L.2010, c.122 (C.18A:37-15.3)

3. substantially disrupts or interferes with the orderly operation of the school or the rights of other students 

Please click HERE if you need to report an incident of HIB. 

Our District anti-bullying coordinator is Dr. Robert Koroski 973-543-7107 X 4402 / rkoroski@mendhamtwp.org

 

Annual Reporting & Ratings

New Jersey Department of Education

School Self-Assessment for Determining Grades under the Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act

 

The school self-assessment is completed each year by all schools in the state of New Jersey.  This assessment evaluates the school district's efforts to implement the Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act.

The school grade is a raw score of data and the sum of the ratings for all indicators within each core element on the School Self-Assessment (ex: 65 of 78 points).  The maximum total score for a school is 78 points.  A minimum score of 50 is needed in order to meet all necessary requirements.  The school district's grade is an average of the total scores of all schools in the district.

2024 - 2025 Assessment Results/Scores

Mendham Twp. Elementary School 75 out of 78

Mendham Twp. Middle School 75 out of 78