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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My child HATES her middle school.  Fights every day.  Cursing everywhere and she gets teased a lot because she's short. Staff barely care because they're so burdened dealing with disciplinary issues. My daughter has no peers to whom she can relate to and has maybe 2 acquaintances who she's not even good friends with. There aren't enough kids like her even to have a friend group. This is a girl who is otherwise happy-go-lucky and has friends outside of school- but she is seriously not thriving in this environment and has been begging me to move her out of there. She has one more year to go since she's in 7th grade and at this point the idea of her being there for another year and a half is daunting. I feel like she's going to have mental anxiety over this. Can someone please tell me if I have any chance of a COSA?  We cannot afford to move in this market. Any words of advice are appreciated. [/quote]
NP here. 3 pages worth and no one has given you actually useful advice.

OP - you should talk to her counselor to begin with to express your concerns and see what resources the school has to support your daughter. It seems that without friends, your daughter feels more vulnerable to the MS teasing. The counselor may have suggestions for helping her make more connections. Often counselors run lunch bunches. There may be clubs or teachers that have kids hang out at lunch. If there is actual targeted bullying from one particular kid, you can file a bullying report. But even if it’s not that extreme, the counselor could switch her classes at the semester to move her out of class with the kid bugging her. The counselor can also give teachers a heads up and ask them to put her sitting next to kids they think she’ll fit well with. It’s one way that kids make friends over time. When I taught MS I always had assigned seating and was mindful of personalities.[/quote]

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