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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]She is in public school so I don't think there is a way to change schools. And moving isn't an option. We live where we can afford and that is the state of the schools in this area.[/quote]

Yes, yes you can.  Keep documenting the bullying, please.  All in emails, so there is a record.   After a certain numbers of incidents you should be able to request that the school is not protecting your child and you need to switch.[/quote]

Not the OP, but did you not read that the family can afford to live where they are and moving is not an option because of finances?[/quote]

Briggs Chaney's catchment is not the only lower cost of housing area available. Move upCounty into Germantown or even over the line into HoCo. You're so close to HoCo anyway.[/quote]

"I can't afford to move" means "I can't afford to move", not "There are no houses in my price range".[/quote]

OP here - no real updates except I did put together an incident outline that I will send to principal tomorrow. Still looking for a kid's self defense class that works for our schedules. I also started wrestling around with her, sometimes being a little rougher but it really isn't the same. I am teaching her how to verbally respond in a more menacing way, but she is very uncomfortable being mean so this is an area where she needs more practice. She has a cell phone and I told her she can start taking it to school so she can call the police if she is physically attacked again. I also set her phone up in a way where she can quickly record any incidents.

I would love to move, but [b]we would take a major loss on our house[/b] - I already worked thru the numbers. We would have to move out of the area completely which would not be an issue except my family is very close-by.

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You may have to do this. I teach for MCPS and have very, very little confidence it the ability of the system to stop bullying once it has escalated to physical attacks. Worse, with social media, the bullying often follows the targeted child to the new school.[/quote]

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