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[quote=Anonymous]I'm so sorry for your child--school should be a loving place. I know public and private schools where bullying is tolerated because of the fear of the reputation of the school being sullied. It can also take a while to get the bullies out of a school (if public) or in treatment/isolation/expelled (if private). Here are a few suggestions, with the caveat that if the administration is not responsive, they won't work, and you just have to leave, with or without publicity:

1. Circulate a petition among parents: "Sign here if you think bullying is a problem at this school." 
Present the petition to teachers, the principal, the guidance counsellor, the registrar, the sports coach, everyone. 
2. Attached to the petition is a suggestion list of what should be done. For example, suggest bringing in a counsellor/speaker to address bullying and kindness in general, and how to respond to it. This is done in many schools, in every grade, at the beginning of the school year, and sometimes repeated occasionally through the year.
3. Call the education reporter at the WSJ, the Post, the Times, the DC CIty Paper (a good outlet--they report on education very well, frequently better than the WashPo), the Washingtonian, etc. Ask for a reporter to be assigned to look into bullying at XYZ School. Sometimes a few phone calls from a newspaper or magazine  will get the administration to act.[/quote]

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