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Dignity for All Students Act (DASA)
New York State’s Dignity for All Students Act (DASA) seeks to provide public elementary and secondary school students with a safe and supportive environment free from discrimination, intimidation, taunting, harassment and bullying on school property, aboard a school bus and/or at a school function.
Rockland BOCES dedicates significant resources to improving anti-bullying procedures and staff training to ensure our schools exceed DASA requirements.
We are committed to providing an educational and working environment that promotes respect, dignity and equality for all students, staff and parents.
Our policies condemn and prohibit all forms of discrimination, such as harassment, hazing and bullying on school grounds, on school buses, at school bus pick-up sites and at all school-sponsored activities, programs and events.
Our schools cannot effectively address bullying if incidents are not reported. Anyone who feels he or she has been bullied or harassed, who wants to report an incident of someone else being bullied, or who has questions on this topic, is urged to contact the relevant school anti-bullying coordinator.
Contacts
DASA Coordinator for Central Office
Yasmin Helou-Caré, Ph. D.
Rockland BOCES
65 Parrott Road, Building #4
West Nyack, NY 10994
(845) 627-4712
DASA Coordinator for Agency At-Large
Lisa Collopy
Rockland BOCES
65 Parrott Road, Building #10
West Nyack, NY 10994
(845) 624-5871
DASA Coordinator for Career & Technical Education (CTE) & TASC
Kim Bell
Rockland BOCES
65 Parrott Road, Building #3
West Nyack, NY 10994
(845) 627-4772
DASA Coordinator for River View High School & District-Based Secondary Programs
Stephanie Ruiz
River View High School
131 N. Midland Avenue
Nyack, NY 10960
(845) 348-3518
DASA Coordinator for Mountainside High School
Heather Dague
Mountainside High School
13A Dickinson Avenue
Nyack, NY 10960
(845) 624-5563
DASA Coordinator for District-Based Elementary & Middle School Programs & Division Office
Charmane Spence
Rockland BOCES
65 Parrott Road, Building #10
West Nyack, NY 10960
(845) 627-4850
DASA Coordinator for Jesse J. Kaplan School – VISTA Programs
Patricia Caruso
Rockland BOCES
65 Parrott Road, Building #9
West Nyack, NY 10994
(845) 624-5687
DASA Coordinator for Jesse J. Kaplan School – TEAMS & Social Communications Programs
Amanda Celentano
Rockland BOCES
65 Parrott Road, Building #9
West Nyack, NY 10994
(845) 627-4777
DASA Coordinator for Hilltop School
Joseph Pagano
Hilltop School
20 George Street
Haverstraw, NY 10927
(845) 942-7550
DASA Coordinator for Hudson Valley P-TECH
Christina Contento
Hudson Valley P-TECH @ Tappan Zee Education Center
561 Rte. 9W
Piermont, NY 10968
(845) 580-1455
Resources
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