I smell something fishy...
Who writes letters like that in advance of a major lawsuit? "I would like to figure out some coping mechanisms"??? How about "I would like you to arrest this bastard and throw him out of school or I am going to call the police"????
Was this filed 'after the fact"
Do we now need $$$millions more 'funding' for anti-bullying programs and a gestapo agent of the government stationed in every classroom? (for your safety, you understand...)
I am getting the sense that this whole "bullying" craze is being invented to lead up to something... and that something being more government restrictions on our freedom.
I mean there is even a movie already made about 'bullying' and they show kids attacking a kid on the bus. Who would attack a kid once they know a camera is running? It even looks fake and over-acted...
And at the end of them movie the bully and the kid hug...
This all feels too weird
Is there a paper trail of meetings that occurred after they got this letter?
I dunno, sounds like the kid picked up on the catch words they use when teaching children what to do about bullies. I suppose a sock full of C batteries would have yielded a better result than waiting for the school to provide the oft-promised “coping mechanisms”, but maybe the kid prefers being paralyzed.
As I understand, this was written before the final attack.
If you write it as "I would like to figure out some coping mechanisms" then you are a typical bullied student who is too smart for his own good.
If you write it as "I would like you to arrest this bastard and throw him out of school or I am going to call the police" then you already know what to do about the bully. The school can't stop you (or your parents) from calling the police, and the school can't stop the police from arresting the attacker.
Obviously the victim belonged to the former category, too intelligent and too idealistic, still thinking that government employees at school care about him.