School overreacted ?

[JimmyJam2019]

Child is barely 7, had full weight for school racism policy applied to them for calling an 11yo a poo. On the playground daring each other to call the big kids rude words. Older kid reported child for racist comment, can school not use some common sense, the kid is 7 and has no clue about racism.

So the OP is a racist parent in your opinion?

Was it Apu? As in the shopkeeper in the simpsons?

We were told the bully was a refuge. None of us had any idea but was then clear why he was never punished -the teachers didn’t dare.
This is a ridiculous thing to suggest @GreenwichOrTwicks
I spend a fair amount of time in a sanctuary school - lots of refugee/asylum seeking children. I don’t not punish them if they misbehave. They follow the same rules as everyone else and receive the same consequences if they don’t - one thing these children need is structure and rules. It feels safe.

@Daisybuttercup12345
"So the OP is a racist parent in your opinion?"

Can't be sure of course. But I wouldn't be surprised.

Good grief. You cannot be serious.

That sounds ridiculous. Surely 'You're all very silly and rude' would be sufficient?
I hope you went into school and brought him straight home.

That all sounds rather ridiculous to me & making an issue where there most likely wasn't one. Poo, poo, poo - racism doesn't easily spring to mind. Children call each other lots of things at that age and there's usually very little conscious intention of anything like racism. I expect the word poo will be banned now...

Totally OTT OP. All of the children should have been punished/had a stern talking to for using rude words. To single one out for a 2 day isolation is totally ridiculous.

Sometimes in these situations, our school asks the offending children to write a letter of apology.. that seems to be a nice way to deal with it.

Surely the school need to explain why they felt this name calling was racist? That’s a very big accusation to launch at a 7 year old. Just calling other kids ‘poo’ isn’t racist surely? My 4 year old says ‘poo’ almost every other word and his favourite (generally jokey) insults are ‘poo head’ and ‘poo monster’- but he is definitely not a racist!!