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[quote=Anonymous][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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OP here. What did the administration do in your case after you filled out these forms?

As stated by the other poster, I am afraid that the situation will become worse with the kid retaliating more if I fill the form and they call the kids parents.

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The suggestion to have them move your child's locker to a more public place is a good one. Have them move it to a locker in front of the main office or something like that. It's not going to solve your problem but the more you can have your child move away from this child the better.

Filling out the bullying form means your concerns cannot be ignored. They have to send those forms and their responses off to some higher authority.

What makes you think they didn't call the parents already? Most school principals will call home for much much less.[/quote]

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