#18, If there are other comments, please share them here:
Responses (text is uncorrected):
3. " ...I know that my son
suffered with the bulling while at the school.
6. "There has been several
issues with other children picking on each other and it
being over looked or dismissed. There has been several
instances with my own child being hit punched pushed and
bullied and nothing was done about it..."
7. "In relation to #16. My
child is strong so it's not a problem but she talks about
and has for 4 years how boys at school are very mean and
often pick on her a lot -- even call her racial type slurs.
For her she handles it and puts them in their place but I'm
not sure how well another child would handle that. It has
concerned me."
9. ..."I do believe bullying
occurs but ir cold be out of your control. Most of the time
it occurs on the playground and teachers are too busy
conversing to notice. My daughter has been bullied as far as
clothing but I chalk this up to poor parenting and just
downright obnoxious, snobby, rich kids trying to make others
feel bad. My son has been punched, scratched and pushed. He
is not a small child, but as a first grader, other children
that are older don't really care. ..."
12. ..."I am not sure that
some of the older kids know that teasing, making fun of
other kids, purposely laughing at kids is a form of
bullying. I have heard a group of girls say let stare at "so
& so" and watch this person to make them uncomfortable. It
was my child, they did not known I was her mother and was
standing close by. Just about every day they laugh at her or
stare at her and pretend to say stuff about her and then
laugh out loud. I have seen them do this at school events
and during pick up. One day my husband was with me and he
saw them doing this to her as well. If I reported this my
daughter would be embarrassed, one of these girls was
physical with her last year and my child just wants this to
all go way. I have talked to my about being the bigger
person and that they are just being a bully and to ignore
them. As an adult this sounds easy, but for her it's hard.
She try's to wear the right clothes, shoes, and hair styles,
but it doesn't matter with this group. I have told my child
all that matters is whats inside of her and the person that
she is. I would like to hear more about bully being
discussed at school, and parents informed when there are
issues of their child bullying other kids. I know the school
has talked about this, but I don't think the message is
sinking in or the kids bullying just don't care. Maybe there
should be tougher consequences and teachers should really
listen to kids when they say stuff about others laughing or
harassing them."
18. "...My child has been
bullied by 2kids at school. I don't think it is the school's
fault, but bullying does occur. I spoke personally with the
2 kids and the bullying has stopped for the time being."
31. "I have
worked/visited/volunteered throughout many of the GPS
schools and have seen more of the other schools pinciples
within short amounts of time than I have of Mrs. Hester
since my children started attending Meridian 5 years ago. I
do not believe she handles bullying within the school in a
serious enough manner...."
41. "...Bullying is an issue
there and the groups of kids that pick on one or two should
be addressed..."
47. "We removed our children
from Meridian due to inadequate teachers, bullying and the
low academic progress we saw in our children..."
50. "Too much shoving &
pushing -- taunting -- name calling on the playground, in the
hallways & in the classroom while the teacher is trying to
teach -- I feel the students are developing a real serious
"pecking" order -- I personally think a lot of this is
coming from the home environment and then to the school --
AND I am not saying my child is perfect, but he is being
influenced by unacceptable behavior coming from his school
friends." |
