Private school wasn't an option at the time and I was still at the research stage with homeschooling. I moved over the line to St Mary's Georgia (90 mile commute to work), and by the way the kids did really well at the school there. If she were really some kind of hysterical child making stuff up she would have done it again at another school don't you think?
Lesson learned: avoid public schools in Florida. Dana William Wheatley writes: > Common ground there..walking in with the damn useless cop and the principal > going oh we can't do anything. > And i said so if she gets shot tomorrow who am i coming after is it you > officer or you mr principal. And they were so worthless it wasn't even funny > so we switched her to a better school in the area and i would drive her the > extra few minutes to the new school instead. The new school at least made > the FL public education system seem semi decent after the trash i had to put > up with at the other school..grrrr > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dana Tierney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 7:22 PM > Subject: Re: Fat Brat sues, Now is Teasing > > > > sorry, still hot over that after all these years. I didn't go thundering > > down there either, was totally prepared to hear that she started it and go > > from there. But it really made me mad that they swore nothing happened > when > > clearly, something *did*.. > > > > Dana > > > > William Wheatley writes: > > > > > Yea agreed > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Dana Tierney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 3:41 PM > > > Subject: Re: Fat Brat sues, Now is Teasing > > > > > > > > > > annoyingly bad is not the word for it when a child in kindergarten > comes > > > > home with her dress torn down to her waist and the school says she is > > > > lying, nothing could possibly have happened because we watch all our > > > > children really well. > > > > > > > > Dana > > > > > > > > William Wheatley writes: > > > > > > > > > LOL One day some little f**k threatened to shoot my daughter well i > was > > > > > quite pissed off and it was resolved without having > > > > > to sue anyone for emotional distress. > > > > > > > > > > Yea fl has some annoyingly bad public schools though hopefully the > class > > > > > size amendment will make things a little on the better side over the > > > next > > > > > few years > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: "Dana Tierney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 3:03 PM > > > > > Subject: Re: Fat Brat sues, Now is Teasing > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > My experience with this is that school simply says your kid is > lying, > > > end > > > > > > of story. Mind you we have only ever had the problem in Florida so > my > > > > > > sample may be skewed... > > > > > > > > > > > > Dana > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Doug White writes: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Here a first occurrence draws the offender an in-school > suspension. > > > > > second > > > > > > > offence gets a parent conference, and the third offense > transfers > > > the > > > > > bully to > > > > > > > the Alternative school for the remainder of the school year. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ====================================== > > > > > > > Stop spam on your domain, use our gateway! > > > > > > > For hosting solutions http://www.clickdoug.com > > > > > > > ISP rated: http://www.forta.com/cf/isp/isp.cfm?isp_id=772 > > > > > > > ====================================== > > > > > > > If you are not satisfied with my service, my job isn't done! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > > From: "William H Bowen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 1:25 PM > > > > > > > Subject: Re: Fat Brat sues, Now is Teasing > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > | >How would you crack down on it more? > > > > > > > | > > > > > > > | In Washington State they have made bullying illegal in > schools, > > > > > anybody > > > > > > > | who sees it or is a victim of it is to report it (I guess > > > intimidation > > > > > > > | can be legislated?), teachers are supposed to act on it > > > immediately by > > > > > > > | filling out a report for each incidence for all involved > parties > > > to > > > > > the > > > > > > > | extent of interupting regular lessons to do so e.g., if it > happens > > > in > > > > > > > | class a teacher is *not* allowed to correct/deal with and > continue > > > > > with > > > > > > > | lesson, law essentially gives the bully exactly what he/she > wants, > > > > > > > | attention, by making the teacher put everything on hold to > fill > > > out a > > > > > form. > > > > > > > | > > > > > > > | not a great way to spend time in the classroon IMHO. > > > > > > > | > > > > > > > | will > > > > > > > | > > > > > > > | William Wheatley wrote: > > > > > > > | > > > > > > > | >What can you do? The school can't do much to stop it, the > school > > > > > world is > > > > > > > | >different then the real world. I dropped out of school to get > > > away > > > > > from > > > > > > > | >teasing myself went back to get my diploma later though but > still > > > i'm > > > > > not > > > > > > > | >going to sue someone over it. It builds character i'd never > want > > > my > > > > > children > > > > > > > | >to have to go through it becuase it would break my heart > because > > > > > there's > > > > > > > | >nothing you can do. How would you crack down on it more? > > > > > > > | > > > > > > > > | > > > > > > > > | >----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > > | >From: "Raymond Camden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > | >To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > | >Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 1:02 PM > > > > > > > | >Subject: Was: RE: Fat Brat sues, Now is Teasing > > > > > > > | > > > > > > > > | > > > > > > > > | > > > > > > > > | > > > > > > > > | >>>I did get teased in school its life he should get over it. > > > > > > > | >>> > > > > > > > | >>> > > > > > > > | >>> > > > > > > > | >>Kind of a side point to this. I read something about teasing > > > once > > > > > that > > > > > > > | >>was very interesting. We all kind of assume it's "normal" > for > > > high > > > > > > > | >>school to be a living hell if you aren't one of the in kids. > Yet > > > at > > > > > the > > > > > > > | >>same time, that kind of teasing simply doesn't take place in > the > > > > > work > > > > > > > | >>world, or is at least not accepted. (I've dealt with > difficult > > > > > people, > > > > > > > | >>we all have, but none that would compare to some of the > jerks I > > > ran > > > > > into > > > > > > > | >>at school.) > > > > > > > | >> > > > > > > > | >>Anyway the point was - if it's not acceptible in the 'real' > > > world, > > > > > then > > > > > > > | >>why isn't it cracked down more in high school? > > > > > > > | >> > > > > > > > | >>I'm just kinda brining this up to see what others think. I'm > not > > > > > exactly > > > > > > > | >>sure how I feel about this myself. > > > > > > > | >> > > > > > > > | >>-rc > > > > > > > | >> > > > > > > > | >> > > > > > > > | >> > > > > > > > | >> > > > > > > > | > > > > > > > > | > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
