A new lesson at Duval County Public Schools aims to help maintain safe boundaries between staff and students.
The campaign, called “Know the Line,” teaches families the same guidelines that have been part of employee training for years.
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“You cannot separate student safety from student success. This is why we launched ‘Know the Line,’” new DCPS Superintendent Dr. Christopher Bernier said in a campaign video posted online .
It’s a concern Bernier addressed the day he was sworn in back in July , the same day school board members were set to discuss more than $1 million in settlements on Douglas Anderson School of the Arts teacher misconduct claims.
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“The work that this district is now going to do around employee professional ethics is very valuable and the essential steps start tonight,” he said before the July school board meeting.
The campaign comes after Action News Jax reported last week on new personnel files that detailed dozens of teacher misconduct cases at Douglas Anderson. One teacher allegedly told a student she was his “baby girl” and to come see him in his classroom.