School Bullying..What to do next?

at a guess id say either board of governors or head of ur LEA, threaten to involve the papers etc. or sue them for not protecting ur daughter (should give them a kick up the a***)

or if worse comes to worse (i assume this girl is also 8 -under the age of legal responsibility) id suggest u inform the school that if it continues ur daughter will hit back and u will NOT allow her to be punished for it as they have failed repeatedly to act (get her kickboxing lessons 1st)

id contact the CAB to find out what happens from now

Speaking from personal experience if she's being hit It depends ur child's self control.we all have a breaking point. Me I ended up hitting back becuz no matter how many times u tell the teacher, let someone know its not gonna help always and i had the mother who preached about no fighting and getting hit three times then telling the teacher (never mind getting knocked out on the first hit lol). I had to beat her ASSS simply put. No violence isnt the way. But its the only way some people learn. if u mess wit a dog the dog barks u do that everyday ur asss will end up bit. u think ull mess with the dog again? maybe. but mostly not. It really depends on the kinda child u have. My sis and I couldn't take much bullying for too long. if she's being harassed verbally i'd meet with the principal and find out if u can file a report and if she's being touched id look for some form of an order of protection from your child to that child. they will have to transfer that child. but what will u do when another bully approaches? children are much more ruthless than my dayz.I was scared to fight but had to alot and the most rewarding is when they finally leave u alone and they learned their lesson.

only once in my life the parents got spoken to and it worked

good luck

FOLLOW UP: If she has to fight and she gets in trouble id tell them Uve complained and got no results u were not doing anything i bet they do something then. she shud also keep a journal for each encounter and call the police each time

Oh man, this is a tough one. You know, since you mentioned that your daughter was a fighter and the school is doing nothing and the other girl's parents are doing nothing I think the last resort here would be to change your daughter schools. I was in her shoes at that age and my mom did that with me because, pretty much the same thing happened. I know this may sound as if you are running from the issue but, if it's interfering this much with your lives then you may have no other choice. Eventually, it will end in high school. Kids usually tend to end that stage then, or at least that was my experience. I am also not condoning this at all but, when I was in your daughters position I fought fire with fire and passively spread rumors about the people bulling me. It got them off my back.

I can't believe your daughter has bruises yet you haven't called the police yet. If the school doesn't do anything about it then you must get the police involved. Perhaps you could hire a lawyer to see what the next step would be.

If nothing else works. please don't allow it to continue.

Sorry I couldn't help more. I get so angry with bullies. How dare that girl make your daughter's life miserable. How dare that school allow it. Too often bullying ends up with the victim committing suicide. Watch over your daughter carefully. Her self esteem must be rock low at this point.

Take action and do something now!

Congratulations on your new baby!

Have U tried to go to the Superintendent of your school district? I know that is a WAYS ahead..but if U have tried all the other steps w/no results..then I say the hell w/it & go to the Superintendent! Take all your info (diaries, pics, results from meetings w/other school officials) w/U and DEMAND that he/she do something about this. If they do not, then the next time your daughter comes home w/a bruise U will be calling the police & allowing them to handle the assault! That should get them moving! If they do not do something, then I would be calling the police!

I would either presurse charges on the girl becuase you have proof and evidence. Or if you dont want to do that pul out of one school and get her in another school. But if it was my childern I would call the police on them first and get charges on it or a lawyer. The bullys parents might wake up when their daughter racked up a hefy price.

My son went through the same thing in high school; with the same results in going to the authorities. We decided that he would hit the kid back and not hold back on the punches. We decided that we would deal with the consequences later. The first time he knocked the kid down, was the last time the kid hit him. Both kids got in-school suspensions.

Sometimes you have to take the consequences in order to defend yourself or else remain a punching bag.

If there are physical injuries, why can't you file charges for assault with the police?

I would not bother with the school if they have proven ineffective.

My son went through the same thing so I bought him a gun, problem solved!!

Idk about the UK but in the US that would be the school board of directors, so maybe your school district has one of those you can talk to?