You need to go to the school and complain that your dauhter was the one being bullied and ask them to do something about it.
More evidence this country is becoming a police state. Vote on Nov. 2
More evidence this country is becoming a police state. Vote on Nov. 2
Obviously you should contact the police to make a complaint against whoever forged the threatening note. There’s a demented person out there who needs to be apprehended.
Since you know your daughter is innocent, you should drop your hostility to the police, who were only doing the minimum necessary to check out a threat of violence. You and yours are innocent, so act like it.
Why did you post this silly sh!t on this august forum?
Time to yank your kids and homeschool them.
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I can’t add much to what’s been said other than the procedure used here just stinks. The school seems to have abdicated their responsibility to the police, and while it may seem like a big step, getting an attorney and going after the school will at least help your daughter feel like less of a victim, and that’s what you obviously are concerned about. With the crazy PC nonsense going on now you’ve got to fight fire with fire.
When you send your child to public school, you essentially place your child in the care of the state and hope to have them returned to your care at the end of day.
Truly. That’s the way it is.
“.... the older sister of the accuser is my daughter’s friend.”
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Had this sorta happen once with a kid of mine. Her friend was the daughter of a local cop and when HIS kid tried to cut her wrists, she used MY daughters name when picked up with bleeding arms because she was near my house and didn’t want to be ID’d as a cops kid.
Long story short, I went to the school, raised holy heck, showed the school my daughters uncut wrists and the school Detective finally figured out what was what.
My advice, shout and defend your kid to the max.
Sue the Principal, the accusing student and the school board; they’ll fold like a house of cards.
The Principal will be fired and the accusing student will be transferred to a different school. That will send a huge statement to everyone else at that school about screwing with other people’s lives!
Is it your daughters hand writing? If so there is a problem. If not call an attorney, oh,if so call an attorney.
“Can my daughter be questioned without a parent present?”
Depends upon state law as to whether and to what extent this can be done. Many states now *require* that a huge hulabaloo is made over such inane incidents in school. Mississippi is one such state.
Many “get tough” and “zero tolerance” laws and policies are utterly stupid overkill in application and practice. Once the complaint was made the school officials were obligated by law to jump through some of these hoops. The principal exercised his/her discretion to take your daughter’s word at face value it would seem.
Sound extreme? Consider that if you do decide to bring suit Discovery works BOTH WAYS. Every time you post on the Internet about it that is subject to consideration for the opposition to use.
So again do not do anything UNTIL you talk to a lawyer.
Now next thing to consider...
There have been several issues in the news lately wherein school kids have bullied someone. In fact one poor little girl took her own life over it. So with that in mind Schools are going to CYA and make sure it is known they are doing something proactive. Sounds like your daughter is collateral damage as the bureaucrats rush to cover their backsides.
Does this excuse them from dishing out the rough treatment to your daughter you are telling us about?
Hell no!
That is why I can't say this enough: "Call a Lawyer ASAP and do not communicate anything about this situation to anyone else until you have done so!"
Good luck and if you find you have a case I hope you make them pay dearly!
The police and the principal had an obligation to investigate the circumstances before humiliating your daughter. They had all kinds of options like handwriting analysis, bus tapes, fingerprints on the paper, or just common sense and questioning the girl who brought in the note.
Why they went to your daughter first under such embarassing conditions is hard to understand.
Based on my own experience with finding an good, aggressive and ethical attorney,you might try this:
Go to another police department in in your county. Hopefully a larger one than the one that sent the officer to your school. Ask to speak to the most senior detective.
Talk with the detective and if you get the sense that he is sensible, professional individual, ask him who is the very best criminal attorney in the county.
Go to that attorney and lay it all out. He’ll do the rest, and you probably won’t have to pay anything other than a small retainer.
So your daughter was bullied. Anti-bullying programs often end up being bullies themselves. Free speech is restrained, false accusations are made, the innocent are treated innocent until guilty, and those in power control those who aren’t.
It’s the nature of the beast.
I am not in favor of bullying among children OR adults, however, I generally oppose anti-bullying programs because I think the create far more problems than they solve.
Your daughter needs to be rescued from government school anyway. This is as good a time as any. Homeschooling is very inexpensive, and there are lots of ways of making it work with your schedule if you make a real effort. Alternatively, find a Christian school.
Pretty ham-handed action by the police. You need to press forward with a complaint if for no other reason than to protect the next child, assuming yours is in the clear. I’d also make it clear the position their unprofessionalism put your child in is unacceptable and you want to know what the administration plans to do to make it right.
Been there. Lawyer up and explain to your daughter that the policeman is not your friend. Sad, but true.