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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] DD is a freshman at a small K-12 private school. She started at this school in seventh grade. I should start by saying that prior to her starting at this school and being bullied, she went to a public from K-6 and never had difficulty making friends.

She was bullied in eighth grade and due to the bullying, it has been hard for her to find a group of good, non-toxic friends. She wanted to switch schools last year but was not accepted at the private schools she applied to. Our local public has a reputation for being a bad school according to all the families we have spoken to. We thought this year would be different for her and luckily, her first semester of high school was a mostly positive experience. She found what she thought were two good groups of friends, but the two groups merged, and they all went to winter formal as a group without telling her. Now, that group talks about her behind her back. She is very lonely.

Lunch is very stressful for her. She will sit down with her fake friends who will not include her in their conversations. It is very obvious they do not want to sit with her, but she literally has no other options. She got accepted into a private school this year and will be attending in the fall. I think she will have a positive experience as it is a much larger school and many kids that she already knows from our neighborhood attend this school.

What she is worried about is how she is going to survive the next two months at her insular private. It is March and most of the other kids have already formed their friend groups. She does not want to sit by herself at lunch. We reached out to the counselor last year when she was being bullied but the counselor was very ineffective, and my DD does not want to talk to her again. According to other parents we have spoken to, she is not a good counselor.

DD wants to try virtual school, but she only has two more months. I don't think it is a very good plan, but I am worried it is her only option. She is very unhappy. What do you all think about virtual school?[/quote]

Unless she is being physically or emotionally abused, she should stay where she is.  Put her in therapy, don't pull her from school.  There also is no such thing as a geographic cure!  Wherever you go, there you are![/quote]

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