D.C. Public Schools is creating a broad-based panel to battle the pervasive childhood problem of bullying.

The committee, composed of 40 DCPS principals, staff, superintendents and community experts, will identify schools’ strengths and weaknesses in preventing bullying and will research how to deal with the issue and come up with anti-bully initiatives.

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