how to report a formal complaint about a private school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If OP has a criminal complaint, it needs to go to police. A child abuse complaint- CPS.

A personal issue with the school? Leave. It's that simple. Private schools do not have the same system as a public school.

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[Anonymous]

https://www.marylandpublicschools.org/about/Pages/DEE/NPSA/index.aspx

[Anonymous]

You don’t complain about the bully to the bully, as some here seem to think is the right response. You go to their supervisor. If the head of school does not address this satisfactorily, then you go the board of trustees.

You don’t go to the police about a mean/bullying teacher/administrator. Please only involve the police for actual abuse or physical threats.

And you don’t need to leave the school because of one bad apple. Give the school a chance to rectify/address. Only if they don’t address satisfactorily would I consider leaving.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If it’s criminal, report to the police. Health violations should go to the health department. Different states have different regulations (or lack thereof) for independent schools. In MD you can try complaining to AIMS but it’s likely your school’s leadership is also a leader in AIMS. They always support their own. You can try contacting the Maryland Nonpublic school approval specialist, Karen Gardner, but she will just pass it off to one of her underlings and then when they visit the school to investigate they will believe all the BS the school admin tells them.

You should contact the local news outlets if you really want answers. You can contact them anonymously. I called news 7 in April and they respected my anonymity. I called in response to what I thought was false reporting. They told me exactly the source from the school of what I was calling about.

This is just silly.

Silly? How else would you deal with a private school hiding sexual assault for multiple years with almost 10 victims? Or what about blatant disregard for local health guidelines early in the pandemic? Have you ever had to deal with the safety of your child being in jeopardy at an independent school? If not, you can’t call it silly.

Did you leave the school? If you have evidence of criminal activity at the school you should alert the police.