Montgomery County teachers, parents and students converged on Saturday to try to figure out why bullying remains such a persistent problem in the public school system.

The number of bullying cases increased by 48 percent last school year, from 282 confirmed reports countywide in 2009-2010 to 417 last school year. Brenda Wilks, director of the school system’s Department of Student Services, said the number of students requesting school transfers due to bullying has also gone up in recent years.

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