Bullying, flood top school agenda
By Meredith Blake

YORK - Bullying, laptops and the schools’ response to the floods were on the docket at last week’s School Committee meeting.
At the meeting, the Civil Rights Team at Coastal Ridge Elementary School presented the play it is performing called "Sticks, Stones and Stumped," which explores the consequences of bullying.
The play, written by children’s author Deb Landry, is an interactive lesson to teach kids how to deal with bullying in school.
"It teaches you to be a stand-byer - not a bystander," said Danielle Garry, a student at CRES.
In the play, Bully Moose and picks on the other students and Billy Bob the opossum, who moves to Maine from Oklahoma and has trouble fitting in because of his accent.
The kids who starred in the performance said they believe that the play will teach kids how to confront bullies.
This is the first year the school has had a Civil Rights Team and it has been great, said Principal Jane Stephenson. The students have done a lot to raise awareness about civil rights issues in the school, she added.