Montgomery council wants more done to prevent bullying

Montgomery County Council members Tuesday urged school officials to do more to combat bullying that they say is going chronically underreported. According to a school survey, 18 out of 38 middle schools and 16 out of 26 high schools had no incidents of bullying during the 2009-2010 school year.

Reported bullying incidents
All schools	Elementary	Middle	High
Number of bullying incidents	303*	142	118	32
Schools with 10+ reported incidents	6	2	4	0
Schools with five to nine reported incidents	14	4	7	3
Figures are from the 2009-2010 school year
* There were 11 reported incidents at MCPS special schools

However, at least one-third of students said bullying was a problem at all but one of those secondary schools — and in total, more than 54 percent of students surveyed said bullying was an issue at their school.