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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This will probably be ignored for reasons that you are not allowed to say out loud, unfortunately. [/quote]

Disagree, particularly because the bullying is racialized.

I had a similar situation in MCPS, in which my (biracial, white presenting) child was being bullied by a Black peer. The bullying was only partially racialized, but I reported the entire picture via the bullying form, using clear language. "On X occasion, [Bully] came to my child's locker and punched next to my child's head, calling her XXX, a racial slur for biracial individuals. On Y occasion, [Bully] repeated the slur, and stood in front of the door keeping my child from leaving lunch. This was witnessed by [Paraprofessional]."

I found the administration very responsive, actually. I know I was probably lucky, but the fact that the bully was absolutely from a harder situation than my own child in a lot of ways did not mean that my child's needs were ignored, contra DCUM received wisdom.

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I had a similar situation but sadly the administration wasn’t responsive at all.  The principal and assistant principal (both black) basically interrogated my daughter looking for inconsistencies.  7th graders not being the best at detailed note taking, they eventually managed to get my kid to say she was “unsure” exactly when some of these things happened.  They came back to us and basically accused my kid of lying.  She got moved in class and stayed away from him as much as possible so ultimately it faded away, but administration was clearly trying to sweep it under the rug.[/quote]

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