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[quote=Anonymous]We are not in that pyramid, but we have seen virtually no bullying in our fc elementary schools (one base, one center).  Any bullying that occurs is dealt with swiftly by the schools.

There was one incident in my older child's class involving a different kid (the kind of kid that gets picked on regularly).

My child brought it to my attention; I brought it to his teacher's attention.  The teachers and counselors all got on board, and worked with the students as a whole on proper treatment of others and also with the bullied kid on strategies to make friends, stand up for himself, etc.

According to my child, the bullying stopped the week it was brought to the attention of the staff.  By the end of the year, the kids who were bullying the child became friends with this child (in most of the cases).  The ones who were genuinely annoyed by the bullied kid's quirks stopped bullying and were passively kind and polite to him.

My kid and I just had a conversation about bullying on the way to school this morning.

This year, my kid said there is no bullying occurring with any of his classes as far as he can tell.  He said the staff works really hard to make sure the kids are kind and that they all feel like part of the school.  He said the kid who was bullied last year has friends this year and is not bullied at all.  I was nervous because of the grade (one of the prime bullying grades), but I think the school and the parents do a good job looking out and intercepting any bullying.[/quote]

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