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Lumberton ISD parent pulls son from district, citing severe bullying concerns A Lumberton ISD parent is pulling his son from the district, saying bullying became so severe the family decided to move. The parent made a Facebook post about the bullying, then took it down and decided not to speak about the incident. Lumberton ISD Superintendent John Matthews said addressing bullying starts with making sure someone reports it. “We take it very seriously. It’s not something that we play around with. We have really zero tolerance for, for bullying in our schools,” Matthews said. Matthews said parents have several options to report a possible incident, including anonymous online reporting, contacting a counselor, or speaking directly with a teacher or administrator. “We go down that list, we notify parents, and we issue consequences accordingly,” he said. After a report is made, the district said it uses a bullying checklist from the Texas School Safety Center to determine whether an incident meets the state’s definition of bullying. Matthews said not every situation described as bullying meets that definition. “There’s a lot of things that are ascribed to as bullying, that aren’t necessarily bullying,” he said. The definition cited is “a single significant act or a pattern of acts by one or more students that is severe, persistent, or pervasive.” Matthews said the district has multiple protocols to respond, but emphasized the importance of reporting. “We have, several different protocols in place to ensure that we’re responding appropriately. It’s just that we have to know about it. And, if parents or kids are not telling us, we can’t respond,” he said. Lumberton ISD said it has a zero tolerance policy for bullying, while Matthews said there is an important distinction between bullying and other conflicts between students.