It's late, and I'm tired, so I'm just going to jump right into things tonight.
Lizze and I met with Elliott's teachers this morning in regards to our suspicion that Elliott *might *be getting bullied at school. We were concerned but didn't want to jump the gun because it was possible that Elliott was misinterpreting what was happening.
We just needed to get our facts straight before deciding how best to handle this.
As it turns out, Elliott is indeed being bullied by a kid in his class. It was also the same kid we had suspected as well. What we hadn't prepared for were the teachers to know already about it. That part caught me off guard because I had assumed if there was a problem, they would have reached out to us.
Apparently, the teachers are well aware of the problem, but they haven't been able to *catch him in the act.* According to them, this kid is sneaky and only does these things when the teachers aren't around or aren't paying attention because they're teaching a group or something. I do understand that, but I don't understand why we had to go to the teachers.
Shouldn't they have come to us?
They know it's happening because Elliott isn't the only target.
The way we left it with the teachers is that they will keep a closer eye on him and try to keep Elliott and this kid separated.
Before we left, we also talked to the principal and explained what was going on. He was none to happy to hear about this and was going to personally address the problem in a way that will be effective. I happen to like his approach as it involves the parents being notified.
We will be following up later this week and finding out where we stand on this situation. I'm feeling pretty comfortable that this will be addressed because the principal does not tolerate bullies.
Elliott is aware of some of what happened, and he feels okay with it all. We don't want to make a problem worse by intervening but at the same time, we can't and won't let this continue.
