If this assault was the first time she was mistreated by these kids, then you're right. But that is essentially never how it happens.
School can expel kids who don't stop torturing kids. They can contact child services and try to figure out why the bullies are lashing out so much, and whether intervention is needed there. School can confiscate phones during the day so that at least on school premises, at least the victim won't have to worry about being recorded.
But the most urgent thing is to separate bullies from their victims long term, hopefully by inconveniencing the bullies, not the victims, in that process. Clearly the school failed at that
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If this assault was the first time she was mistreated by these kids, then you're right. But that is essentially never how it happens.
School can expel kids who don't stop torturing kids. They can contact child services and try to figure out why the bullies are lashing out so much, and whether intervention is needed there. School can confiscate phones during the day so that at least on school premises, at least the victim won't have to worry about being recorded.
But the most urgent thing is to separate bullies from their victims long term, hopefully by inconveniencing the bullies, not the victims, in that process. Clearly the school failed at that