Bulling & truancy

[victor55]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Kentucky

My child is being bullied at school by teachers and students. And now has really bad anxeity.
in the fifth grade a teacher grabbed his arm and left a bruise also just this year another teacher
broke his pencil and made him write with it and he had abarsions on his hand where he wrote with the pencil the rest
of the day. Also tore up his homework because it wasnt neat enough. And a note was found in the classroom and he was accused of writing it and now we can not get him to go to school we have tried and he wont. Some students also locked him
in a closet while the teacher watched. And held him by his ankles off the back balcony while the teacher watched. He came home with hand print bruises where they would grab him and hang him upside down.
Is this right can they treat my 13 year old like that.? Is this legal?

Please help!

 

[stealth2]

So - what did school authorities say when you went to speak with them?

 

[Eekamouse]

Nothing because this has got to be utter B.S. Even if it was in some small part true, she's leaving out the behavioral problem her child is to begin with. For instance, why did the teacher make him write with a broken pencil? Could it be because he had been deliberately breaking it to get up to sharpen it and cause a classroom distraction? And tearing up his homework for not being neat enough? What did it look like? Had he turned in nearly illegible papers before this and been talked to about it? Do you check your child's homework at home before he turns it in? As for holding him by his ankles over a balcony...well, that's just laughable. Unless the children doing it had superhuman strength, they'd never be able to get him over a balcony and hold him by his ankles and then pull him back over afterwards. This whole post is just ridiculous.

 

[stealth2]

As for holding him by his ankles over a balcony...well, that's just laughable. Unless the children doing it had superhuman strength, they'd never be able to get him over a balcony and hold him by his ankles and then pull him back over afterwards. This whole post is just ridiculous.

Especially a struggling 13yo.

 

[Gail in Georgia]

Isn't 13 a bit old to be in the fifth grade?

Gail

 

[csi7]

I would be willing to say that since Kentucky has teacher visits to the home at the beginning of each school year that there are quite a few details missing that would help this case be resolved and the student be successful in the classroom.

In any situation, rather than going with accusations, I have found that asking questions to learn the situation first, has significantly higher success rates for fair management to benefit the student's well-being.

Bullying is often seen in the home environment as well as the school grounds, and where a student is not attending school, it becomes far more significant as to the home environment that provides safety from the actions of bullying. This is why the home visits by the teachers at the beginning of each school year are helpful.

Instead of claiming that no one is listening to the information you mention, first consider what information details you are sharing, and then ask yourself whether it would be enough to stand in a courtroom with a judge ruling on legal facts alone. Once you involve the legal system, there are no easy solutions.