Hello. Thank you for a lovely forum. I'm a new joiner, so please forgive me if U say or do something wrong. I'm urgently looking for some advice for my 15yr old daughter who after 18 months of bullying campaign by girls had had enough has ended up lashing out and slapping one of them. Some girls have witnessed this incident, but not the bit where she was actually being teased and picked on.
Even though we have reported numerous times in the past that our daughter has been bulled, the school have done nothing at all, blaming it on misunderstanding or teachers turning a blind-eye, but suddenly due to this incident, they say it's our daughter that's the bully.
A bit of background - Around 18 months ago, malicious rumours were spread about her being unclean and unwashed were, most of the girls in the school since then have turned against her and those that do like her are afraid to hang around with her in case they become the next target of bullying. There's constant shaming, insulting and teasing, sometimes hideously pulling her hair or telling her to stay away in case others catch disease. Our daughter used to come home crying her eyes out and not wanting to go to school. Due to personal circumstances, we couldn't change the school and that's still the case.
What can we do to counter the school's argument and do we have any leg to stand on?
Thank you!