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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Write about it on parent listserv. Write a letter to teacher, principal, superintendent, BOE or trustees and demand a written apology.

If your kid was a minority it could very well be implicit racism. Create a stink until they give an apology in writing.

Hornet nest. You need to do it once to make it clear that you are a mama 🐻 [/quote]

Op here. Ok so full disclosure, this is actually my nanny and her DD, and yes they are brown, and both nanny and DD do not speak English well as they are recent immigrants (especially mom-DD is making progress). I’m just so angry about this situation and I do feel it’s racism. Mom and DD were sobbing about it the day that it happened.

I ghost wrote a letter for them in English (I speak their native language) and tracked down email addresses for the principal and superintendent and helped them get it sent off. I just laid out the facts and their requests for the situation to be remedied (they want an in person meeting and apology, as well as an explanation about how this happened and what they will do to prevent it from ever happening again, and also they do not want DD to be alone in any future disciplinary meetings with the school). I offered to go with them to any meetings if they want.

The school acknowledged receipt of the email and they say they are looking into it and will revert.

Thanks for all the advice here, I borrowed some of the language I got from this thread in crafting the email. [/quote]

Good for you.  So glad that your nanny and her daughter had someone to advocate for them.  Too many people with language issues get abused, lost and forgotten in our society and our system.

If you are up to it, I would also suggest that you might want to offer to your nanny that if they get a meeting with the school administration, that you would be willing to go along for support and to help translate in case there are language issues.  I know that with my mother (who was an immigrant), that even after being in the US and speaking colloquial English for many years, that sometimes the language used by school administration were terms or concepts that were hard to understand or translate via colloquial English.  So, if you are willing to go along, you might want to offer.

If both nanny and child were reduced to tears the day after, they are obviously under a lot of stress and anxiety from the terrible behavior of the school staff and could probably use the support.[/quote]

+1. Good for you OP.[/quote]

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