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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is nothing DCPS can do. There are no meaningful consequences schools can impose (if you have ideas I’m all ears). Thank David Grosso. I would encourage you to do two things literally every time your child reports bullying or being assaulted. File a police report and email Grosso for advice. Your child has no guarantee of safety at school, but your bully has a guaranteed right to stay in your school. The child who assaulted me (a teacher) and several other students this year is still in school. No effort to move him out because there’s nothing to do and nowhere to go. [/quote]

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There are no meaningful consequences. You can’t really suspend or do in school suspension. You cant tell the victims family what you are doing. And many times when you call and say “your child did this thing” parents either sent or say “[b]he only did that because someone else did this[/b].” And then there is no meaningful parent intervention. It is maddening.[/quote]

And it's often true, which is why mediation is the best answer.  But that takes resources and time.

Also re all the IEP comments, special needs kids are typically the ones bullied and assaulted; they often don't have the social skills that serve as protection - laugh it off, walk away, deflect.  Think back to middle school, folks. Who was it that got bullied the most? Sometimes the kids  do explode in anger at the bullying, making the quoted statement above true.  It doesn't sound like this was the case in this story, but it is often the case. These things are complicated and I wish middle schools put as much resources into the social worlds of kids as the academic worlds. [/quote]

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