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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is bad advice. Push to have social media bullies expelled. In this day and age, this is expected. Schools will not want the liability if something happens and nothing is done. I would refer to the current case in the news. I think until more families stick up for this stuff it will continue. School hopes you will just go away. Don't --chances are these girls are known and you would be surprised how many families would be happy for them to take their drama elsewhere.[/quote]

It was an attempt at practical advice in a bad situation.  It sounds like the OP has been pushing for expulsion already and getting nowhere - hence the exploration of legal options, which aren't particularly likely to be successful either, as our law just aren't written for modern cyberbullying. They can absolutely continue to push for expulsion of bullies, but there's a decent chance that they still won't get anywhere, in which case they need to think about next steps.  If it were I in that position the injustice of it would make me crazy, but I'd also recognize the need to develop a feasible plan for my child going forward.  Life can be so unfair and people can be awful and it sucks a lot, to be frank, but sometimes you just have to deal with that.  And while I agree in theory that someone needs to be the one to push change, selfishly I would be extremely reluctant to do so if it might mean more pain for my child.  Personally, if I felt it was important to stay at the particular school and that's what my child wanted I'd probably ask the school to basically map the social groups of the students involved and then everything possible to help my child integrate before school starts into a different segment of it that's pretty separate from that of the bullies - friends who really don't care much what the bullies think are the best protection in a bad situation, I think.  As you yourself pointed out, there are a lot of families who are fed up with the drama - I'd want my child to find those friends.[/quote]

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