Oh god yeah.
It was worse at primary but secondary I thought would mean calm because you aren't standing around in a playground waiting for the kids to come out.
No, instead there are groups on Facebook.
One woman is an utter cow. She's a know it all of the highest level. Except she knows fuck all. Thinks she has the heads ear- no not a bit of it. She joined a conversation about a change to PE kit. Lots of saying it was a bit short notice and surely could've waited until the start of the new term giving parents time to sort. That also, was it really necessary when we are in a well documented cost of living crisis.
In comes this utter cow, how dare we question the school, how dare we slate it for doing what is right, of people can't afford to have basics they should give their children up to be fostered.
If that wasn't bad enough, she then tags me, in a thread of about 90 other parents, all politely talking about this change (and whereas most agreed it was ill-timed those who didn't put their point politely too) and decides to character assassinate me. I've never met her in my life or spoken to her, her kids are different year groups to mine and they don't know each other. I very rarely post on the group and she is not an admin.
She was going to "report my behaviour as insubordinate" to the head. That no wonder "your bratty children" are the way they no doubt are because of me and my diagrace of an attitude. That as "ring leader" of the insubordinate attitude in this thread I will be told my children's places are no longer tenable once she is finished.
So I'm like taken aback but actually amused because she's full of shit. I politely said "For the record, I didn't start this thread. You do not know my children. We have never met, nor spoken. You aren't a governor, nor do you have power to have my children removed from school. That the school knows we have a group and it is monitored. And that she should censor her comments on my children and grow up." Other parents commented to say how unhinged her comments were.
So instead of shutting up, she doubles down and says my kids are clearly "thugs" because my photo of them in my profile with me shows DD in goth clothes and my son doing a "gang sign" and clearly it can only be expected from a single parent household.
Firstly, married, to their dad. Secondly, a gang sign was a peace sign he was doing for a laugh. And DD being a goth is fine by me.
I just muted her after doing a laughing face emoji.
A day after, Headteacher called, she had seen and wanted to assure me my kids places are safe. That the awful woman was told to delete her inflammatory comments or the head would advise I take her to court.
But she still causes trouble at every opportunity.