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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Np here.  It seems to me there is something your DD isn't telling you.  Is she being bullied?  Did she have friends and now she doesn't?  See if she'll open up to you or to the school counselor.  I wouldn't send her to a boarding school.[/quote]

I would tend to agree with this comment. I think there might be more to the story here that the adults might not know about. If a child is sitting alone in 8th grade during lunch hour (outside of the classroom), it would seem there is more going on then she just has not connected with any peers or even that she is more of an introvert.

I am not sure about the middle school dynamic in public school, but usually kids don't eat in or outside of classrooms correct? They eat in the cafeteria, and most of the middles schools in Fairfax County are large enough that almost everyone is able to find at least one person that they can be around/sit with for lunch by this time in 8th grade (especially if they have been with some of the kids on/off since kindergarten).

My niece had a period in seventh grade where she sat alone during lunch and my SIL later found out it was because the lead girl of her group of friends (well the girls she had always hung out with), felt that my niece was "putting on airs" (this is all third hand so take it with a grain of salt), and spread some rumors on social media, after which none of her group would talk or sit with her. She was very lonely and upset for a couple weeks before she was able to find some other kids to sit with and eventually some of the other girls started talking to her again (after the next big thing came along). But I don't think she ever really forgot it and was always a little more reserved after that incident.

All in all, it was a big reminder to me how cruel the social dynamics between, children, especially girls can be in school. My SIL tried to intervene by contacting the mothers of some of the girls and the school, but that just seemed to make it worse.

Good luck, OP!
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