That verbal bullying was hard to prove, so they would have to "wire" him to punish, and at best the offending student would receive a 3 day suspension if caught.
When his name was given, we were told that they were "aware" of this type of behavior from this particular student, and that he had been disciplined on many occasions already.
Eventually, the emails went un-returned, the messages went unanswered, or that particular teacher/counselor wasn't "in" that day. One cannot enter a public school now without having an "appointment". When I would hear from them, it was always in the form of support. They would say that they watched this, or kept an ear tuned in on this area during this time. All of which was BS from what I would hear later.
One thing you can demand...the bully is allowed no where near your child. You have the right to insist they are not together in ANY class, lunch period, recess, etc... If they don't comply, threaten legal action. You may not have "evidence" of this bully's antics, but the school admitted he has proved to be trouble before. That's all you need. Threatening legal action is usually enough to get them moving. In addition, verbal abuse with threats is criminal behavior. Anything like, "I'm gonna kill you" or something of that nature, tell the school you will consider pressing charges.
School systems are paralyzed right now by the fear of legal action. Use this to your advantage. My two cents.
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