Kids can be cruel and bullying isn’t something that’s going to disappear overnight, but one New Jersey high school principal is trying to make life easier for his students who’ve been bullied for ...

NEW JERSEY (FOX5NY.COM) - Seeing a laundry room inside a high school is not common. But Newark's West Side High now has one. Administrator Maaka Depa said many kids get bullied because of their ...

NEWARK, New Jersey (WABC) -- A high school principal in New Jersey is going above and beyond to make sure his students don't skip school out of fear of being bullied. West Side High School Principal ...

NEWARK, N.J. (CBSNewYork)-- A high school in New Jersey is getting off to a "clean" start this year. The principal discovered students were being bullied for coming to class with dirty clothes, so ...

Could clean clothes be the key to stopping bullying? In one high school in New Jersey, the answer is yes. Akbar Cook, the principal at West Side High School, said that he just wanted to make sure that ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEWARK, N.J. – He’s only had the job for a ...

In the United States, one in five students between the ages of 12 to 18 report being bullied during the school year, with approximately 166,000 teenagers admitting that they have skipped school due to ...

A Newark high school principal decided to add a laundry room in the school after students were getting bullied for having dirty clothes. Principal Akbar Cook of West Side High School came up with the ...

NEWARK, N.J. (CBS)-- A New Jersey principal is hoping to wash away the vicious cycle of bullying in his Newark school. West Side High School Principal Akbar Cook had a big problem with absences. He ...