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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've listened to various Principals talk in generalities about their line of conduct in such cases, and my toddler daughter was the victim of a deliberate punch to the head when I picked up her brother in elementary. I would call the police if:

1. The assault wasn't very serious, but it helped the school build a case for a student who needed special placement that was refused by the parents, or it helped wake up the parents that their child needed more help. In our case, the school was already fed up with the parents of the child in question, and it was the last straw that made the Principal force a non-mainstream setting. Just FYI, schools' hands are tied when parents refuse placement, until the school can document enough incidents. If you're in such a situation, report as much as possible!

2. The assault is serious, and perhaps the school's first reflex is to hide evidence and confuse witnesses (which sadly happened in a very grave incident in an MCPS high school a few years ago) and therefore calling police IMMEDIATELY, in spite of a school's protestations, helps preserve evidence and secure accurate witness statements to put the perpetrators in jail. Call police before you contact the school, actually, so they don't have a chance to do anything.

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Pertaining to your 1.) not all police cooperate. Police departments tend to close rank, like most school systems, and if the school systems have a "policy" in place, the police won't take a report.  You can't make the police take a report.  I have seen police take false reports, yet not take actual reports, so the system tends to be backward. I have worked in the court system and seen all types of stories. [/quote]

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