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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m a bit confused as to what people in this discussion mean by bullying. Is it nasty comments among kids/cliques and broken friendships? Or are you talking about isolation and exclusion of one student over time? [/quote]

Isolation for the most part but also bullying. We have a child that was in Middle. The cliques are formed early.  Most kids aren’t mean they just aren’t inclusive - at all. And the parents of these kids are the same way.  The school is so focused on certain groups of kids that they just forget that average bullying and exclusion occurs right under their nose. They don’t do a good job of fostering an atmosphere preventing it from happening. The worst part, which starts in Lower School where the cliques start, is that there is a process by which classes are formed (by the school counselor ironically) that actually reinforces these cliques by clustering kids together by request.

If you are a new kid chances are you will make friends with other new kids or be a “floater.”  There are some nice teachers at the school  -  but there are nice teachers in lots of places - and the school certainly doesn’t support bullying or exclusion - but it is there any way and they don’t do a good job of managing it.  We learned recently we are not alone in this experience but that parents tend not to share this with each other for obvious reasons.   They just apply out and you find out later people were really unhappy.

To say that these things don’t happen at SSSAS just because your kid hasn’t experienced it doesn’t mean it’s not there. When it’s your kid, it matters. . 
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