Have been sitting with my grandkids while Kelly went to the school to get this business with Kelsi sorted out......Kelly has just finished telling me what went on and we are both firstly gobsmacked at what has been done and what is going to be done and secondly over the moon with the outcome.
The school have taken this very seriously and have been working all week to get all the heads of year, the assistant headmaster, the bullying counsellor, the teacher that Kelsi likes and feels she can talk to, her friends and everybody else they can think of, up to speed with what they intend to do...Firstly they want Kelsi and Kelly to come to the school on Monday (another babysitting day for me as the other 2 have an inset day, plus it's Kirsty's birthday and she is on holiday, so all go) they want Kelsi to name names and if she can't name them that way then she will be asked to point them out via school records and photographs, they then intend to suspend the children involved and possibly expel them depending on the comebacks. They have told Kelly they are happy to do whatever Kelsi wants to do, move class, have her friend and the teacher she trusts help, lay on proper counselling via the Education Dept, anything to make Kelsi's life as easy and happy as can be and to get her back into school. They told Kelly they had all read Kelsi's reports and they feel she is an outstanding pupil, who is well in advance of the levels she should be at, ...they also said they would understand if Kelly wanted to put Kelsi in another school but they pointed out that bullying went on everywhere, but the difference was they took their responsibilities towards the children very seriously and would stamp out bullying as much as they could. They were also happy for Kelsi to ease back into school at her pace as long as she did actually come for at least half the week. Kelly was expecting to meet with just the head of year today and was astounded when she got there to find 5 teachers/headteachers and her friends in the meeting (the kids were only there for a short time to point out that they were happy to be there for Kelsi).
They ended the meeting by saying that Kelsi's safety and happiness was the most important factor in all this .
Now you can't ask for better than that can you, just hope they mean what they say.
Oh now Kelsi had a grouse about her form teacher, she said she told him on a number of occasions about the bullying and he said he would report it to the year head, who says he hasn't done so. Kelsi feels very let down by him, so they are having a meeting on Tuesday, with him and Kelsi and they have said they expect him to basically pull his socks up or they will deal with him ..so Tuesday they, well mostly he will be letting Kelsi know what his plan of action is in the future.
Hope you're all having a great day, cos we are :giggle: xxx:hug99: xxx