“A parent of a bullied kid should a registered letter describing the situation to the principal. “
Not good enough. They should send it to all of his teachers, to the principal, to everyone on the school board, and and to the general counsel. Each letter should say “share this with your general counsel”. It should be sent registered mail, certified mail, and regular mail with a certificate of mailing. Send a hundred, two hundred.
Put right in the letter the part of the law that you will use against them to put each of them in their own personal hell foreover if they don’t fix it. Otherwise they’re going to say “we didn’t know. No one told us.” School administrations are experts at excuses. You have to remove them all, all at once.
I did that when my son was being bullied in 5th grade. A registered letter to the principal and all members of the School Board was sent with a cc to a lawyer I picked out of the phone book.
I reminded them of their legal duty to protect my kid and that I’d sue each and every one of them personally if the behavior didn’t cease immediately.
I got a call from the superintendent before I got all the receipts back.
The bullying stopped and the kid who did it was removed and sent to a “special school” for kids with behavioral issues.
L