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[quote=Anonymous]Bullying is worse in private schools. Most of the time, the parents of the bully are donating a significant amount of money in order to protect their child from the consequences of their actions. At a smaller school, a significant amount of money could be a 10-15k donation per year. Also, the parents of bullies lawyer up very quickly at the beginning of the year and will get the school to agree to accommodate their child's behavioral or learning issues (which are usually just behavioral issues) so then it is harder to kick them out because their behavior is due to their "special needs" that the school agreed to accommodate.

I donate a nominal amount to the annual fund at the beginning of the school year (only so I don't have to get a phone call about the importance of participating) and if I'm satisfied with how my child has been treated, the performance of his teachers and how the head of school has handled issues throughout the school year (if there's bullying in the classroom, it needs to be handled right away, etc). Put your money where your mouth is - if things aren't being handled in a swift manner, don't make an annual fund donation and tell them why. Confront the other parents. And also look at other schools just in case things don't change. In my experience, it's best to send your kid to a school that has more than one class so at least during the next year, you can request that the kids be in different classes. 
Also, put everything in writing and if you're in DC, you can record conversations on the phone without the other party knowing as it's one party consent. [/quote]

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