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PP here - Kudos to your daughter for talking to the counselor.  It's great that the school responded.  [b]What I would continue to monitor is the day-to-day enforcement of that zero tolerance policy.  Is it just brought up once in a while during a special session, or it is woven into the school's every day culture?  Are there certain things teachers are doing to make things worse unintentionally - how they form groups for projects or team sports, are there large periods of unsupervised/unstructured free time, etc.?  Do teachers watch for and come down hard when they witness someone being disrespectful?[/b]  If it's happening to more than just your child, it really seems like a school culture issue.

How does DD respond at the time that these kids make comments to her?  Does she have kids to sit with at lunch? I'm really sorry your daughter is going through this - I know it can be painful. [/quote]

OP here -- this is all great advice, thank you!

My daughter said her teacher spoke with her (privately) again today, reiterating that if anything is said by classmates/other kids, she should let the teacher/counselor know right away. Evidently there was another incident (not with my DD) yesterday that resulted in one of the boys ending up in the principal's office.

DD usually responds along the lines of "I don't like it when you call me names. It's not nice. I don't deserve it." I'm looking forward to receiving the Queen Bees book as it sounds like I will learn some other approaches for her to use at school.

DD does have friends to sit with at lunch. She usually has her nose in a book, though. (Not sure how to change that.)

Thanks again to the PPs for all the great advice! Please share more as this is really helping me.[/quote]

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