Call the principle?

[Backyard_Chicken_rancher]

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First of all allow me to start with I HAD TO FIGHT IN SCHOOL most of the time it was about the family name and the rep that went with it(ahhh the good ol days

) So for the principle not to do anything to your son was more then likely because your boy didn't do anything to the other kid I'm sure he got punished and if not then I would go to the Super and have a meeting with him/her over this matter most schools today are the ZERO tolerance type so I'm sure he got something out of it.

Good luck to you.

P.S. I learned after I got out of school fighting is not the answer and have grown up now that I am as old as I am I found out that an old body doesn't heal quite as fast as it did when I was younger so I steer clear of fighting now unless I have to fight.

 

[herfrds]

Finally heard from the principle.

that is how I felt after talking to him. He didn't even know my name! what a dork!

He told me that he talked to both kids and got their story of what happened. Talked to my son and others who saw what happened.
There was a game of keep away involving this other kids shoes. A girl stole them. My son was running interfernce for her, probably because she asked him to, the kid got mad and knocked my son down.
Now since it is a game they continued and the kid got mad at my son again and said some cuss words at him, which my son responded to with a few of his own. (he's going be brushing his teeth with some Tabasco sauce tonight.)
That is when the other kid punched him in the nose.

Principle will not tell me what the punishment is for the other kid. My son gets lunch time detention for cussing. I can agree with that.

What made me the maddest is this happened at noon yesterday. I asked why I wasn't called by anyone. Lame excuse was that he was busy.

I asked what if my son's nose had been broken? The jerk laughed at me!

Said i was being sarcastic and he decided to laugh at me.
The Super didn't think it was funny when I called him and told him what the principle said and did. He said he now wished it had been a 3 way conference call.

My DH wants to go in there and have a few words with the principle, but I told him wait til the end of the school year. Principle is leaving

and then his DD's will not have a chance of getting into our son's locker and stealing everything, they are known for that.
The kids have to turn their cell phones into the office every morning, I agree so there are no locker room shots, but I do not think a principle has the right to go through cell phones and see who the kids are calling, texting or taking pictures of. Yes I snoop once in awhile.
The kids remove the batteries from their phones now.

 

[OutInTheStiks]

I tend to avoid school related topics because I am a teacher, but there a couple of points I would like to address. I am in no way taking up for the Principal.

As for not telling you the other child's punishment, that is pretty standard procedure. It's a private matter between the student, the Principal and the student's parent. I assume you would not want the Principal discussing your child with another parent?

As for the Principal checking the cell phones, in many school systems the Principal is required to go through any phones that come into their possession in an effort to deal with rampant cases of sexting that can quickly become child pornography cases.

 

[cheapcheap_jeepjeep]

(but I do not think a principle has the right to go through cell phones and see who the kids are calling, texting or taking pictures)

I go though my kids phones daily anyway as they are still in grade school/ early jr high

I don't think so . I would snap

if I found out the principle was going though my kids phone without asking ME, after all I pay the bill so its still my phone. I hope the chat helped some.

 

[Michele_Lynd]

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I to took my son out of school when they wouldn't protect him I home schooled for 6 months at the end of the school yr I enrolled him into marchal arts class wich he still takes and he went back to reg school the next yr and we told them what he had been doing and we also told them that our son will now defend him self if need be so they better make sure they keep the bullys in line and if a fight did break out we will be involed and if we felt our son was right we said go ahead and suspend him we took him out onece and we would do it again and we will not tell him he was wrong so It stoped that was 3 yrs ago and our son is a Sr and noone has messed with him my advice is stay on it mom yr son will aprecate you be there for him more in the long run then u not when hes scared or hurt

 

[horsejody]

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That puts a whole new twist on it. Playing keep away with somebody else's shoes could be considered bullying. I'm guessing that it was a game for the kids keeping the shoes away, but not a game for the kid trying to get his shoes back. No, it probably doesn't warrant a punch in the nose, but it does warrant explaining to kids that those kind of games are not nice. Maybe the kids tease this boy a lot and he finally had enough.

 

[twentynine]

Yes! Call the princible, a parent should always be envolved with what goes on at school.

I read your last post, all boils down to kids will be kids. But atleast you now know the circumstances.

Cell phones--- why would any student in any grade need a cell phone while at school?

 

[herfrds]

Jody I'm going to talk to my son about that. I have told him before to not tease any body because he doesn't like it when the kids do it to him.

I pulled him out of one school when he was in 2nd grade due to a bully. That was a super nasty situation. Caused my son so much stress it was unreal.
Thought this other school would be different, but guess not.

I had taken 2 different self defense courses and have some military training. I have taught my son some moves, but he does not like fighting or hurting people.

 

[WriterofWords]

You should have been notified of the altercation but the school can tell you nothing concerning the other child's punishment.

 

[arabianequine]

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I do understand but isn't the later a violation of privacy as well?