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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would consider switching schools, but overall, she's doing well. [b]I'd like to give the school a chance to address.[/b] School is ok, but no middle schools are amazing in this area.[/quote]

What have you done to give the school a chance to address the situation? So far all we know is that your daughter told the teacher. You don't know what your daughter actually said because you weren't there, and an embarrassed and anxious child may not have communicated the gravity of the offense very well. The teacher may not understand what actually happened or how much this affected your daughter. That is why you must step in as the parent and speak to the principal and counselor and make an official report and follow up repeatedly.  [/quote]

Great advice, but OP needs way more specific detail from DD before she does that. Going in with only what she's said here will not get her far at all.  The school can't identify the offender, but OP can report who her daughter says it was and find out in general what the protocol is, and ask whether there's been follow up with the student or not.  She has a right to the answer to that question, even if they can't/won't tell her exactly what the follow up was.

OP should also ask for clarity, and follow up with emails to the counselor/teacher/principal documenting all these conversations, OP should find out what the school commits to doing if it happens again or that student or others further harass/assault/bully DD.

If there's no written record of these conversations, "They didn't happen."  Meaning, if more happens and the school fails to act, OP you need to have a record of what you'd already brought to their attention that they didn't act on if you need to raise it to higher levels to get action.

Good luck OP, it's an awful situation but it's so important you act and model for your DD action.[/quote]

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