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I am not going to post the name of the school, but will tell you it's in Cluster 3.

I have spoken at length with the Assistant Principal.  He talked to the 4 kids known to be involved: my son, kid who hit my son, and the buddy each of the kids was with.  He has a fairly good idea what class the older kids were from because he know what classes were eating lunch at the time. The bathroom is right across from the cafeteria. AP said he would talk to the older kids at lunch, but can't do anything else because the kids can't be identified. Kid who hit my son was very upset, probably more upset than my son. He was scared by the older boys. He is also about half the size of my kid, which explains why my son said he didn't want to fight back or defend himself because he was afraid he would hurt the other kid. My son is trained in martial arts, but has been taught that you don't use martial arts unless you are in danger.

My big issue was that no one from the school called me to tell me what happened. Reason being given is that no one thought my son was hurt, he didn't seem upset, and AP thought the kids were just "messing around."  I have informed them if my son is ever hit at school again, or if he sees the nurse for any reason, I am to be called.

I am also concerned that the parents of the kid who hit my son were not called.  I don't want this kid to get in trouble, but if my kid were punching other kids because they were taunted by older kids to fight, I would want to know.  I may call the parents myself, because AP indicated he was not going to.

AP also said the cafeteria monitor would be told not to let more than 4 kids in the bathroom at one time. I asked if someone could monitor the bathroom during lunch as was told they didn't have the staff to do that.  AP made excuses that they have never had an incident like this before and the kids at this school are generally "good kids." Personally, I am not buying that, but they will not be convinced until something else happens.

My son is fine now and says he wants to forget about it, so we will move on. We talked about how to react in situations like this if he should ever encounter them again.

Thank you for your insights.

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