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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My heart goes out to this child’s family, especially his mother. I have 100% been in her shoes. Filed the Bullying and Harassment Complaint form and bullying only got worse. School told the bullies to not talk to my son so the bullies then made a point to let him know snitches get stitches.

Half way through high school I paid $26,000 for Junior and $26,000 for Senior year so he would be safe. It was tight and ate at most of the savings we had for college - but I was afraid he wouldn’t survive high school if he didn’t leave our neighborhood school.

Cyber bullying, however, still existed by students at his old school and MCPS would do nothing even with the screen shots because my son was no longer an MCPS student. Screenshots telling him to kill himself were some of the messages sent.

My son learned to block the bullies from social media accounts and filed reports against some students with social media platforms. My son was accepted at his new school and excelled academically once he was out of the toxicity that was MCPS. He earned academic scholarships that helped make up the lack of college funds.

I wished her son would have had the same opportunity to thrive. The Board - the entire Board - should do a gut check and ask themselves why they didn’t do more to stop the bullying. Why don’t they ever do what is needed for children who need protection in their schools. The Board all too often follows MCPS coattails and doesn’t do their own investigation including talking with parents and students. MCPS has had a terrible two weeks for student safety. The Board has let things get this bad that a child has died. [/quote]

The lack of empathy or urgency, and the general 'shrug of the shoulders' in response to my son's bullying is why he is no longer in MCPS.

They talk a good game.  Say the right things in meetings or interviews.  But they do literally nothing for bullied kids, and then to throw salt on the wound, blame parents in their official documents.

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