DD was bullied at school by a girl in her class who could be quite manipulative.
The girl's mum was a friend (through school only) of mine, but we never addressed the issues between ourselves - as advised by the school, went through the school only. I was always assured that my DD was fine, never implicated in bad behaviour, and the other child was the common denominator in many fracas in the classroom. I always felt that there was a lot of lip service given to me and sweeping under the table of this child's behavior. It was an underlying problem for a while. The bullying of my DD ended when the child moved on from my child and the last 2 years have been fine.
What is still irking me is the fact that the child's family spent at least one week a year at the HT's holiday cottageand was a bit of a sycophant, tbh. The relationship between the family and HT did not preexist before the DC started at the school. It is a small faith school and slightly nepotistic (iyswim) at times.
AIBU to think it was an inappropriate relationship, and to think that it may have clouded the HT's judgment on certain issues?
I'm not planning on doing anything about it - but it's reared its ugly head today and I'm dwelling on it.