Legal Action

[Anonymous]

My child was recently given a rather harsh 'consequence' due to actions that he may or may not have done. I don't know for sure, however there have may actions that were done against my kid (severe bullying) where no action was taken.

My issue is that the school did not do a thorough investigation and basically believed another kid over mine.

Has anyone ever used legal action against a private school? I just want to get to the truth and I want the bullying kids to be held accountable.

[Anonymous]

Yeah, good luck with that. This doesn't sound even remotely actionable.

[Anonymous]

Was a law actually broken or did the consequence rise to the legal definition of negligence or something? “My kid was unfairly blamed and unfairly treated” sucks but isn’t grounds for legal action, I wouldn’t think. Have you consulted with a lawyer to see if you have something to act on?

[Anonymous]

We are looking at legal action due to a school falsifying grading (which we have clear proof of) and have been told that we basically have no case because it's an independent school and they can do whatever they please.

If you want rights within education you need to go to public school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Was a law actually broken or did the consequence rise to the legal definition of negligence or something? “My kid was unfairly blamed and unfairly treated” sucks but isn’t grounds for legal action, I wouldn’t think. Have you consulted with a lawyer to see if you have something to act on?

OP might have a contract action, but I doubt hiring an attorney would be worthwhile. Just move your kid if you don't like the school

[Anonymous]

Hah, private schools have a lot of leeway. At best you can try breach of contract but high chance case will be dismissed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are looking at legal action due to a school falsifying grading (which we have clear proof of) and have been told that we basically have no case because it's an independent school and they can do whatever they please.

If you want rights within education you need to go to public school.

Falsifying grading? How does that work?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are looking at legal action due to a school falsifying grading (which we have clear proof of) and have been told that we basically have no case because it's an independent school and they can do whatever they please.

If you want rights within education you need to go to public school.

Just curious, how were grades falsified?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My child was recently given a rather harsh 'consequence' due to actions that he may or may not have done. I don't know for sure, however there have may actions that were done against my kid (severe bullying) where no action was taken.

My issue is that the school did not do a thorough investigation and basically believed another kid over mine.

Has anyone ever used legal action against a private school? I just want to get to the truth and I want the bullying kids to be held accountable.

How old is your kid? If the bullying is severe and you have actual proof, you would have an easier time going after the parents

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are looking at legal action due to a school falsifying grading (which we have clear proof of) and have been told that we basically have no case because it's an independent school and they can do whatever they please.

If you want rights within education you need to go to public school.

Falsifying grading? How does that work?

When I was in school, we had a basketball player recruited by Georgia. It was a small school and a huge deal for us. He was a great guy, super friendly to everyone, but dumb as a brick. Thanks to the old sliding scale, he needed a great GPA to offset his SAT score to be D1 eligible. The school made sure that he had the grades.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are looking at legal action due to a school falsifying grading (which we have clear proof of) and have been told that we basically have no case because it's an independent school and they can do whatever they please.

If you want rights within education you need to go to public school.

How did falsifying grades, assuming it was another student's, impact you enough to want to sue?

[Anonymous]

They may have found evidence that their kid was graded differently. Kids are not allowed to discuss tests so this would be hard to talk about but if it was over the top you can go to head of school. Not sure why you would sue though unless you found out they sent wrong grades or have incorrect information to a college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are looking at legal action due to a school falsifying grading (which we have clear proof of) and have been told that we basically have no case because it's an independent school and they can do whatever they please.

If you want rights within education you need to go to public school.

How did falsifying grades, assuming it was another student's, impact you enough to want to sue?

I don’t think that was OP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My child was recently given a rather harsh 'consequence' due to actions that he may or may not have done. I don't know for sure, however there have may actions that were done against my kid (severe bullying) where no action was taken.

My issue is that the school did not do a thorough investigation and basically believed another kid over mine.

Has anyone ever used legal action against a private school? I just want to get to the truth and I want the bullying kids to be held accountable.

Middle school? High school? What specific legal action against the school would hold bullies accountable? It is not like you can sue the school asking for bullies to be expelled or something.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My child was recently given a rather harsh 'consequence' due to actions that he may or may not have done. I don't know for sure, however there have may actions that were done against my kid (severe bullying) where no action was taken.

My issue is that the school did not do a thorough investigation and basically believed another kid over mine.

Has anyone ever used legal action against a private school? I just want to get to the truth and I want the bullying kids to be held accountable.

We saw an investigation happen and it turned up a false accusation. This was lower school so easier to disprove based on scheduling, logistics, etc. It didn’t have to rely on He said She said.

Firsthand, we sadly noticed that the Restorative Justice sessions do not provide truthful data as they do a joint session with the bully, victim and witnesses. Witnesses who fell in line with the bully did not suffer retaliation by said bully. And vice versa.

Really poor form by the school. Not a good look.