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| what recourse do I as a parent have if our child has been bullied-this is a private school-we had to take him out but not until he knew that he didn't have to return did the entire story come out. This went on daily by a child two years older than our child. I haven't been documenting bc I wasn't aware of how serious it was. I contacted the school but they won't reply/acknowledge the situation. Is there anything I can do? |
Anonymous
| Sorry to hear. What did you and the school do before withdrawing your child? Are you on the hook for tuition? |
Anonymous
| they made us pay for the entire year-we were in the process of applying for a mortgage and the head of the school said he would send it to a collection agency so we had no choice...we pulled him out after a particular bad day at school-this was a Friday, I couldn't take him back. He begged us to let him go to public school-we had a purchase and sale agreement by then so he was able to start. He is doing great now but we have another son at the school-we cannot afford to send him elsewhere (he is 5) and his tuition has been paid in full too. Without going into too much detail, I feel like they are trying to force us out. My five year old is happy and has a great teacher...if we had the money I would put him somewhere else but we simply don't. |
Anonymous
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You can, and should, raise holy hell with teacher and head of school. The school must have a Bd. of Trustees and I would go to them. The kid who is the bully is the one who should be out on his ass and not allowed to come back. I would also contact his parents. If this does no good have an attorney contact them. I hate bullying and I was never bullied but I saw this with a couple of other kids. I have always been ashamed that I didn't have the guts to tell the bullies to shut up.
So sorry this has happened to your DC. |
Anonymous
| If the school won't respond, I'd be having a frank discussion with the other kids parents because your son is probably not the bullies only victim and it is apparently bad enough for you to pull your kid out of the school. |
Anonymous
| Take them to court. |
Anonymous
thank you-the "bully's" mom works for the school-complicates things |
Anonymous
what kind of attorney handles these type of cases? Is it worth the time to contact the organizations that accredit the school? This is all new territory to us... |
Anonymous
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I'd threaten to take the story to my dear [imaginary] friend at the Washington Post. I'd also take DS to a psychologist in order to get documentation on the bullying. |
Anonymous
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Yes - private schools are not immune from bullying AND sometimes seem to focus more on helping the bully get over his/her problems than in helping the victim.
We had a problem like yours years ago - discovered after we left the school that a number of people were having a problem with the same bully. Good luck!! |