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Originally Posted by indes
My 9yr old son was pushed off a climbing wall in the playground at school last week. He fell from about 6' up and hit his head on one of those floating plastic step things and ended up with a concussion, very lucky he didn't break his neck. This was in outdoor class at the end of the day so instead of taking my son to the office to get looked at the teacher just asked if he thought he could take the bus. By the time he got home he had short term memory loss, couldn't control his emotions and was a complete space cadet.
My wife and I are absolutely livid that he got sent home that day and the school is downplaying it as "not a big deal" and "they'll deal with it" and are just giving us the run around with platitudes, principal isn't able to make any time to meet with us and yada yada. We've complained about this kid before and we already put in the request to move schools next year, before this incident, because of this ####ing kid. For all the bullying rhetoric we hear throughout the year you would think there would be some avenues for my kid to be able to be safe at school.
Complete joke.
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This really pisses me off. If you choose to follow the advice below, feel free to send me a draft, and I will have a look for you. Or draft it and have ChatGPT take a cut. If you don't have access, I will do it for you.
Escalate. Find out your district supervisor for that school. Email the principal, your CBE Trustee rep, the Area Office for your school, and the Superintendent. See the links below.
Send one detailed email and cc all of them. Set out the history with this child, the request to remove your child, any past incidences, and as much detail about this incident as possible and the source of the info. DO NOT BE EMOTIONAL or AGGRESSIVE. Be factual. State your concerns in as much detail and dispassionately as possible. Request a written response by the end of the week.
ie.
1. We are concerned that the ongoing bullying is not being taken seriously and acted upon in a manner consistent with the school and CBE policies and meeting the school's in loco parentis responsibility to the child.
2. Concerned that legitimate and documented actions have not been acted upon.
3. Lack of proper supervision of an inherently dangerous activity resulted in a serious injury.
4. Lack of appropriate medical care at the time of the incident endangered the child.
5. Failure to ensure the child was safe and medically able to take transportation independently.
6. Failure to notify parents promptly, or at all, regarding a serious head injury resulting in observable symptoms.
https://www.cbe.ab.ca/about-us/leade...ents-Team.aspx
https://www.cbe.ab.ca/about-us/leade...r-schools.aspx
https://www.cbe.ab.ca/about-us/board...s/default.aspx