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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  Thank you.  We are starting school this year.  It's my understanding that there is a bullying issue at our school.  I do no know what the issue is (no one is talking about it), so I just wanted to be prepared for what to look out for if it does happen.[/quote]

For my DD, the bullying started in 2nd grade when she started wearing glasses; it took the form of someone else's DC calling her names/acting blind while classmates snickered, kicking her chair, pulling her ponytail, trying to trip her, etc.  Nothing came of complaining to the classroom teacher . . . then the guidance counselor . . . or finally to the principal except that my DD was required to write a letter to the bully (basically, "pretty please stop bothering me because you're hurting my feelings") -- which only escalated the bullying and then the school's response to my 7-year-old was to just "suck it up" and ignore the bully!  That advice didn't work for me, so the next time my DD came home complaining, I called the bully's mom and let her know what was going on from my child's point of view (for example, my DD told me that she couldn't concentrate during math today because your DC kept kicking her chair and then dumped a handful of pencil shavings on her head . . .); DD never had a problem with the bully again.  [/quote]

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