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[quote=Anonymous] My rising ninth grader is in between friend groups. She had some good friends but then her friend moved away, the friend group broke up (the other girls got accepted by the popular group and my daughter didn't) and my DD was being bullied at the beginning of the year which prevented her from making friends. Her bully has been telling people in the popular group not to hang out with her. There are two girls that have talked about wanting to befriend her but not wanting to make the queen bee mad.

My daughter tried to befriend a group of kids known for being on the nerdier side because she was getting to know two girls in this group. She started sitting with them at lunch and the other kids in that group have been spreading rumors about my daughter. One of them literally jumps when my daughter walks into a room. My daughter had to start hanging out with some kids in the grade below her but when she starts high school, she will lose opportunities to hang out with them (they were all in an elective together).

She has been very worried about this school year. She is at a small K-12 private. We have tried talking to the counselor who basically said "Oh, I'm sure things will get better in high school" and hasn't done anything. We even talked to the principal about the rumors who said "Well, I've known Larla since she was little. She is a good kid who wouldn't gossip about you. Maybe she is telling the truth and your daughter is the problem."

Our zoned school is full of drug problems and is frequently on lockdown. I don't want my kid to go there but if things don't improve it might be our only option since the other privates in my city are all 25-45 minutes away. My younger kid loves the school, and I wouldn't be able to drive them both.

My daughter is very worried about the first day and wants me to pick her up for lunch on the first day if she doesn't find a group to sit with. Would you?[/quote]

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