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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don’t know anything about that situation but I think they have a good case.

Our pk-12 private school also does very little for bullying, or about hyper & impulsive kids hurting others, or badmouthing.
 
Recipients of the bad behavior quickly learn that saying Stop does nothing, reporting to a teacher is met with gaslighting (“no, everyone’s a good kid”), and going to the principals office to straighten it out results in a lying He said /She said debacle plus retaliation.

These schools need to have zero tolerance of nasty behavior, especially when there’s a pattern of it.  How many separate complaints do they need?!?

I cannot tell you how many times the last 6 mos I’ve run into other parents whose kids are suffering and need to change friends or plot down names they don’t want in next years homeroom.  
Then I ask my kid what’s up or what happened and they confirm the 3-4 nightmare examples of bullying they have witnessed. When I say please tell a teacher they refuse. They say that makes everything worse.  Sadly, they may be right.  They are also in disbelief since they are in a school that touts its social justice, kindness, and inclusivity mantra.  And silence to parents.   
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Schools respond this way because parents of the “bad” kids threaten litigation. I watched a parent threaten my principal with a lawsuit if his child was suspended for the mean things he did to another kid. This was the upteenth time the kid had been mean to others.

There are so many stories like this. Kids running around with scissors and teachers not being able to reach and administrator for help, child on child sexual assault occurring over multiple years. Parents on both sides threaten to sue or go to the media so the schools just throw their hands up and do nothing (other than force the teachers to remain silent about all of it). Private schools are in the business of keeping things private. So the highest bidder or the loudest mouth wins![/quote]

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