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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wondering if school administrators will be also arrested for allowing Colt to be relentlessly bullied?[/quote]
Evidence of this? He had only been in that school a few weeks.[/quote]

Any school administrator who knew.

This could have been my kid. My kid was relentlessly bullied, and the administrators not only did nothing to punish the bullies, but actually blamed MY HUSBAND for the bullying because my husband called the father of the bully and asked to have a conversation. My husband is NOT me and handled things well (I would have lost my temper). The bully’s father denied it was happening at all. Eventually the school got a new principal and a neighbor and friend  went to the principal and explained the history. Principal paid attention and called us and said “this is NOT your son, and I WILL fix it”. And did. That was in elementary school. My kid is profoundly dysgraphic, was tested professionally and confirmed. All he needed was a laptop in school (this was before tablets were commonplace). School refused him, even though he had a 504. He stuck it out through middle school and we moved him to a small private that has been mentioned and made fun of by DCUMers. He was allowed and encouraged to bring a laptop - most kids did. He flourished, made friends, excelled and now, 10 years later, has a fabulous job in tech making bank.

He often tells me that if he had to go through public high, being bullied by students and put down by teachers who thought he was just lazy, he might’ve resorted to violence - he was that angry.  He knew we supported him though and that helped. Make no mistake though, it was the change in schooling that turned his world from negative to positive.[/quote]

I am so happy for your son that he succeeded. Truly. And good for you and your husband for protecting your child. I have a profoundly dysgraphic and pulled him out of FCPS in second grade -- no bullying and the school was supportive but the IEP was totally inadequate and child was depressed. Best thing we ever did was take him out. College student doing great now.

Kid should and will go to jail for life and I am so happy that gun-buying parents are being held accountable. But that doesn't change another huge point" Schools do not do enough about bullying. It is incredibly damaging and everyone knows it.

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I’m the PP and thank you. So glad you also saw the writing on the wall and acted. You are right that the IEPs and 501s are inadequate. Even with us willing and able to provide the tech he needed, we were told no. Bullying is horrible and you’re right, the schools do not really act on it.
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