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Today 12/04/2007 I received a call from my Sons Teacher,She told Me that I was to come and pick my Son up form the Science camp at Big Bear Lake(A little odd Huh?)I had to ask why...I was told by my Sons teacher that my Son Had been in a fight..No mention as to my Sons condition or wellbeing. I ask aND WAS TOLD THAT sHE (mY sONS TEACHER)COULDnot tell if the other Children in volved where being disaplend... I asked about the incident and was told that someone had shoved my son from behind and my son turned around and bit the other boy...That is not what happened.......The Vice Principal of Yacca Elementary bought my son home tonight (they sent my Son home from the camp as punishment) She (the Vice principal)told Me that Two(2)Boys had attack my Son (One from behind)And the Camp wanted to send my Son home and not the other two. That was Until I Called the Assistant Supervisor and spoke with...son had fallen ...Now my Son Does not want to go back to the school. He is Afriad that Someone will sneek up Behind him and hurt him ....Can I sue theese People for trumertizing my son? By the way out of about 120 students that went on that trip only about 4 were socalled Black...Once again The school Failed To Protect My Son And Made Him fill that he had to protect himself. what can we do? Thank you Distraught
 
She told Me that I was to come and pick my Son up form the Science camp at Big Bear Lake(A little odd Huh?)I had to ask why...I was told by my Sons teacher that my Son Had been in a fight
That's what happens when they get into a fight there.

As a side note, I used to teach at a science camp up at Big Bear in the 80s.

I ask aND WAS TOLD THAT sHE (mY sONS TEACHER)COULDnot tell if the other Children in volved where being disaplend...
Because they are minors, they often cannot release that information - at least not immediately.

I asked about the incident and was told that someone had shoved my son from behind and my son turned around and bit the other boy...That is not what happened
Then, either YOU were misinformed, or the person who spoke to you was misinformed. Maybe both.

Can I sue theese People for trumertizing my son?
You can sue anyone for anything, but suing two kids (presumably 5th or 6th graders) for assaulting another child is not likely to get anywhere. But, if you have the money you are free to pay an attorney to try.

By the way out of about 120 students that went on that trip only about 4 were socalled Black...Once again The school Failed To Protect My Son And Made Him fill that he had to protect himself. what can we do?
The school is NOT responsible to protect your son from threats they could not reasonably have known about. Absent providing a security guard for every child, they simply cannot do so.

You can certainly look further into the matter with the school and maybe the camp, but your recourse is limited. Since it appears your son was not injured, it is doubtful there are any damages that can be assessed. And a schoolyard fight is ... well ... not uncommon. If schools were successfully sued for every fight between kids, then we would not be able to HAVE public school.

Register your displeasure with the school and the district, see if you can find out additional details, and ask if the other kids who allegedly started it will be disciplined in any way. It could be that the story you have is not the same story that was presented at the school or even afterwards. It may take some time to sort out the details.

- Carl
 
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