At A Glance

Students’ thoughts on cyberbullying and how schools should respond:

• Silas Heffley, 18, graduated from Rogers High School this year. He said bullying is rare in Rogers schools and couldn’t think of an incident of cyberbullying.

He said schools should be at least partly be responsible for handling off-campus cyberbullying.

“Handle it the same way as if a child mentions abuse, or something like that,” he said.

• Rachel Stewart, 17, an incoming senior at Bentonville High School, said schools should be more involved in monitoring what happens on their equipment. She also said parents should take responsibility and police should be involved if someone is threatened.

“Everyone went through cyberbullying in my generation,” Stewart said. “I had friends who were teased in elementary school. Cyberbullying can be damaging to people’s lives.”

• Kenneth Gomez, 16, an incoming junior at Bentonville High School, said schools should be responsible for bullying that happens outside of school.

“Students take it outside so they won’t get in trouble, but most the time the drama happens here at school,” Gomez said. “All this technology makes it easier for people to take things out on other people.”