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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son is a Kindergartener and has been the victim of sexual and ongoing physical  assaults and bullying at his school.. The majority of these incidents occur on the playground and involve about 6-7 of 1st grade boys who single out my son, kick, hit, jump on him and call him names. Other incidents have included being watched by another student while using the bathroom and the student making inappropriatel comments about his private parts. The same student also peed on my younger son while he was washing his hands(after school). My son was also choked in the library and threatened  to be killed if he told on the kid for throwing pencils at him. None of these incidents were reported to me by school staff- [b]I had to hear them first from my son!![/b]  Whenever I speak to the principal it's always, well we talked to the kids and that's not how they said things happened and since no one saw what happened we can't do anything. Today I was ready to pull him from school and homeschool for the remainder of the year. We are new to DCPS. What are my options here? How do I get something done about this? Is this just a lost cause? Help![/quote]

-so this is your first problem.  Your son is either 4 or 5 (you mentioned he was 4 in one of your posts).  Kids that age often don't report stories accurately. The principal and the teachers know this and you should too. Please don't fall into the thinking "my DS would never lie!".   When your DS reported the stories to you, did you follow up with the teacher to find out what his/her version was?

-Have you actually had a meeting in person with the teacher and/or principal?  Not an email or phone call but an actual sit down meeting where you discussed the issue and what action would be taken?

-Since some of the incidents were on the playground, did you consider going by during recess time and observing from a distance to see what is going on for yourself?  This is good to do so not only can you see what your own kid is doing but you can observe what the teachers or aids are doing, if anything, who are monitoring the playground.

-Is this situation occurring during the school day or is it occurring in aftercare?[/quote]

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