Duh, of *course* the brat's parents think the "kids will work it out". Wanna see that same parent start screaming blue murder? Just have *one* kid tease his kid *once*, when he can't do anything about it.
Besides, doesn't matter what that parent thinks.. doesn't the school have *any* no-bullying policy? Even (or especially) if it's a group going after a group, it's not right. If it is continuing, point out to the principal that you wonder if whether or not someone had put a stop to the group of boys who gang-banged a girl at a school dance recently back when they were younger and "just teasing"... whether a different scenario might have taken place at the dance... Or pick your own similar story (the group beating a couple of kids senseless at Mt. Hebron HS near here, for example... though turns out the kids involved had never been students there, they had to have been somewhere.
Or heck, future gang activity. Sorry, I do *not* buy the idea that it is *ever* OK to continue to tease and torment after the person being teased complains. period. It's one thing when friends are goofing around and all understand that... it's another when someone is attacking another, even if it is "just" with words.
And the fact that they are throwing *anything* on the playground? Even if it wasn't being thrown at someone, just thrown, at either my kids' elementary or at at least one of the schools that I was working in... those kids would have found themselves sitting next to the teacher for the remainder of the recess... at least... period.
Y'know... the funny thing is that I keep hearing about how much better the schools are in MoCo than in HoCo... but you're the third parent I know who has had similar stories about how the kids are permitted to behave towards each other. Not that my county has it perfect, but with the guidelines that are in place, there is *no* way bullying behavior (once known) is going to be allowed to continue... I've heard of the district administration stepping in once... I suspect because it looks very bad to claim to have a zero tolerance, then have a principal overlook an issue... but still, *something* ends up happening.
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Date: 2009-12-10 03:11 am (UTC)Besides, doesn't matter what that parent thinks.. doesn't the school have *any* no-bullying policy? Even (or especially) if it's a group going after a group, it's not right. If it is continuing, point out to the principal that you wonder if whether or not someone had put a stop to the group of boys who gang-banged a girl at a school dance recently back when they were younger and "just teasing"... whether a different scenario might have taken place at the dance... Or pick your own similar story (the group beating a couple of kids senseless at Mt. Hebron HS near here, for example... though turns out the kids involved had never been students there, they had to have been somewhere.
Or heck, future gang activity. Sorry, I do *not* buy the idea that it is *ever* OK to continue to tease and torment after the person being teased complains. period. It's one thing when friends are goofing around and all understand that... it's another when someone is attacking another, even if it is "just" with words.
And the fact that they are throwing *anything* on the playground? Even if it wasn't being thrown at someone, just thrown, at either my kids' elementary or at at least one of the schools that I was working in... those kids would have found themselves sitting next to the teacher for the remainder of the recess... at least... period.
Y'know... the funny thing is that I keep hearing about how much better the schools are in MoCo than in HoCo... but you're the third parent I know who has had similar stories about how the kids are permitted to behave towards each other. Not that my county has it perfect, but with the guidelines that are in place, there is *no* way bullying behavior (once known) is going to be allowed to continue... I've heard of the district administration stepping in once... I suspect because it looks very bad to claim to have a zero tolerance, then have a principal overlook an issue... but still, *something* ends up happening.