School Resource Officer

Bullying

The Kasson-Mantorville School District and the Kasson Police Department both take all reports of bullying, harassment, assaults, and/or threats seriously. Please make reports as soon as possible. If you are reporting as a victim, parent, or a witness (bystander), we are willing to keep who reported the event confidential from the person doing the harm. Parents please encourage your child not to retaliate, but to report these incidents.

How to make a report:

To make a report we need as much information as you can get.

• Who is the victim, who is doing the bullying, who might be a witness or bystander?
• What is happening? (is it physical, verbal, cyber bullying etc.) 
• Where is the bullying mostly happening? (on the bus, on the playground, in a certain class, lunch time etc. )
• When is the bullying taking place? (before, during, or after school hours)
• Why do you think this bullying is happening

Even if you are unable to answer all of the questions still make a report with as much of the information as you have.

Who to make the report to:

If you or your child are in immediate danger dial 911

• You may contact the SRO or in person at any of the Kasson-Mantorville Schools.
• You may also contact the Kasson Police Department 24 hrs at (507) 634-3881.
• Another way is to call or email the building principal in the school you or your child attends:

K-M High School (507) 634-2961 or t.langemo@komets.k12.mn.us
K-M Middle School (507) 634-4030 or j.larsen@komets.k12.mn.us
K-M Elementary School (507) 634-1234 or c.frie@komets.k12.mn.us
K-M Community Education (507) 634-4464 or j.carrier@komets.k12.mn.us

What is Bullying?

Bullying is being mean to another person over and over again and may include:

• Picking on or teasing someone
• Talking about hurting someone
• Spreading false and harmful rumors
• Leaving someone out on purpose
• Attacking someone by hitting them or yelling at them

Bullying is not always done in person. Another type bullying is cyber bullying. It happens online or through social media, emails, or text messages. It includes posting rumors, sharing embarrassing pictures or videos on social media sites (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat TikTok, etc.) and making fake profiles or websites.

Helpful Resources:

• National Bullying Prevention Center http://www.pacer.org/bullying/resources/facts.asp
• Stop Bullying http://ww.stopbullying.gov/index.html
• Cyberbullying Awareness  https://www.affordablecollegesonline.org
• Vodien Cyberbullying Information:  https://www.vodien.com/blog/education/cyberbullying.php
• Wristband Resource: https://www.wristband.com/content/bullying_by_the_numbers_a_breakdown_of_bullying_s
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Drug Abuse Resistance Education

D.A.R.E.’s keepin’ it REAL School curriculum continues a more than thirty year commitment to providing cutting edge instruction that helps prevent drug use by developing basic, core skills needed for safe and responsible choices…skills that extend well beyond drugs to healthy and mature choices in life.

The curriculum, designed based on the Socio-Emotional Learning Theory (SEL), identifies fundamental, basic skills and developmental processes needed for healthy development including:

• Self-awareness and management
• Responsible decision making
• Understanding others
• Relationship and communication skills
• Handling responsibilities and challenges

SEL theory teaches youth to control their impulses and think about risks and consequences resulting in more responsible choices. D.A.R.E. believes that if you can teach youth to make safe and responsible decisions, it will guide them to healthy choices, not only about drugs, but across all parts of their lives. As they grow to be responsible citizens, they will lead healthier and more productive drug-free lives.

The course’s ten lessons are arranged in a scaffolding process, starting with the basics about responsibility and decision making and then building on each other allowing students to develop their own responses to real life situations. The very first lesson starts with responsibility and introduces decision making with subsequent lessons applying these skills in increasing complex ways to drug use and other choices in their lives.

Source:

“keeping’ it REAL Elementary School Curriculum” 12/2016

 

Access internet safety resources at NetSmartz Workshop

If you are looking for any internet safety handouts or other information you can contact the SRO or stop into the Kasson Police Department.  
(see SRO contact info tab)

If you are interested in an internet safety presentation by the SRO please email z.kasper@komets.k12.mn.us

How to contact Officer Kasper:

EMERGENCY DIAL 911

K-M School email: z.kasper@komets.k12.mn.us

High School SRO Office: 634-1110
Middle School SRO Office: 634-1636

Non-Emergency Police Department phone number 24 hrs: (507) 634-3881

Kasson Police Department Address:
19 Main St. East
Kasson, MN 55944 

You may contact any of school secretaries and they can relay you to the SRO as well.
High School: 634-2961 / Middle School 634-4030 / Elementary School 634-1234

Follow the SRO on Twitter: @KM_SRO

 

Just click on the link to take you to the website.

 

Victims 24-hour crisis line: 507-289-0636

• Domestic Violence
• Sexual Assault
• Sex Trafficking/Exploitation
• Abuse

How to obtain Harassment Restraining Orders

City of Kasson 

Dodge County

National Center of Missing and Exploited Children

D.A.R.E. America   

D.A.R.E. Minnesota

Bicycle Safety Links:

Teen Driving Links:
MN Teen Driving Laws​  –  Practice MN Driver’s License Permit Online Test

Depression, Suicide, Bullying Resource Links:

SAFE Harbor MN

For the first time, Minnesota youth who engage in prostitution are viewed as victims and survivors, not criminals. They will be treated with dignity and respect, and directed to supportive services, and shelter and housing that meet their needs and recognize their right to make their own choices.

Sexual exploitation of youth in Minnesota is commonly overlooked, misidentified as something else and undocumented.

Safe Harbor Website:  http://www.health.state.mn.us/injury/topic/safeharbor/index.html

Dodge County Victim Services:  http://www.co.dodge.mn.us/departments/victim_services.php

Southeast MN

• Dodge, Fillmore, and Olmsted County Victim Services:  The programs of Victim Services provide advocacy and support to victims of crime, sexual assault survivors, trafficking victims, and sexually exploited youth. This advocacy work includes prompting system change by working with our systems partners to be more responsive to the needs of victims. We also offer prevention education to challenge the existence of violence in our communities. Services include but are not limited to a 24 hour crisis line, crisis intervention services, support and advocacy during evidentiary exams at the emergency room and during law enforcement interviews, assistance with filing restraining orders and safety planning, as well as ongoing advocacy services throughout the life of a criminal case. Rochester, MN, 507-328-7270; 24-hour crisis line:507-289-0636

 

TIPS:

• Do not send text or videos that are sexual in nature. They can be disseminated or  used as coercion for sex trafficking/ exploitation.
• Do not forward any photo’s or videos of  nude or sexual acts. May be charged with a crime in MN. 
• Do not respond to unknown messages on social media or text messages as predators use this method to groom victims of sex trafficking. 
• Parents routinely inspect your Childs phones and get to know the apps and who they are communicating with. When in doubt on an app, seek advice. 
• Avoid allowing a child to have access to their phones during night time hours. unsupervised use may lead to contact with predators. 
• Be aware of your child receiving unusual and expensive gifts or money from someone you do not know. It may be a sign of being groomed by a predator. 
• Drug/Alcohol use make teens more vulnerable and potential targets to sex trafficking or sexual exploitation. 

 

 

1. Keep your cell phone keypad locked (and the PIN or password safe and private), so that others can’t grab it, unlock it, and use it to get you into trouble when you’re not looking.

2. Do not take any cell phone pictures or video that are sexual in nature. First off, if they in-volve under 18yo nudity or even partial nudity, they are illegal and classified as child pornography – a felony.  The intent of the parties does not matter, nor does whether permission was granted. Secondly, they have the tendency to get into the hands of the wrong people and put you at risk of sexual exploitation. Think about your reputation.

3. Only give out your phone number to people you know for sure you can trust.

4. Ask yourself how you’d feel if the text you sent or the picture or video you captured were broadcast all across the school, and all across the Internet. Even if you personally don’t send it around, others can and often do.

5. Remember that all of the text, photos, and videos you create with your phone are often saved and retrievable as digital evidence (even years later). They are sometimes stored on the servers of your cell phone provider, in your phone’s Cloud account, or on the flash memory or SIM card of your phone (or any other phone which has sent or received them) – even if you have deleted them.

6. Schools can take your cell phone when they have reasonable suspicion that it has been involved in a violation of school policy or the law. 

7. Never text and drive. No text is worth losing your life over, or taking someone else’s. If something is urgent, pull the vehicle over to a safe place before dealing with it.

8. Remember that having a cell phone is a privilege and not a right. Treat it as such. Appreciate that your parents have allowed you to have one (and often purchased it for you), and you’ll earn more of their respect. Many youth have sabotaged their future (e.g., admission into college, scholar- ships, job opportunities, legal problems and costs, criminal prosecution, being placed on sex offender registries) because they have misused computers or cell phones. It is NOT worth it.

9. Don’t respond to text messages from numbers and people you don’t know. Learn how you can block certain  individuals (via their cell phone numbers) from contacting you. Don’t subject your- self unnecessarily to people who are mean to you when you can keep them from sending you any mes- sages.

10. Do not send texts or capture pictures or video on your phone that you wouldn’t feel comfortable sharing with your parents.

Check out more at: Smartphone and Social Media SAFETY!