To Whom It May Concern:
It has come to my attention that my daughter Cherish Wwho is a 6th grade student in the Rochester School District has been given lunch detention because of an incident with another student. Well I'm informing you as of this moment my daughter will not be serving this detention because of the fact that she is terrorized on a daily basis before school , during school and after school by D'Andre , Tynecia , Tiffany ,and also a girl by the name of Aneesia in the 6th grade. Its getting to the point where Cherish is almost afraid to go to school. D'Andre actually spit in Cherishs face at a football game , he has walked past my home threatening her , and her younger siblings , telling her he's going to beat her ass in school or have someone do it , he has also stolen her property on a number of occasions .
So until this problem is addressed you can forget about her taking the detention . Deal with the problem students who are bullying all the other children in school , because I can tell you right now my child and myself will not stand for it another day longer ! . Cherish was chased after school yesterday October 31st 2007 by Tiffany , and Tynecia I have told Cherish if they touch her whether it is in school or out , if theres no adult around shes to defend herself as best as possible and she will not be punished for self-defense.
This school supposedly has a Zero Tolerance Policy , but I've yet to see it put into action , all I've seen is the children who are finally fed up with all of the problems getting into trouble because the administration is to lazy or afraid to punish the real trouble makers . The teachers don't pay attention when a child tells them that something has happened , but when an incident occurs that could have been avoided had the teacher paid attention, both students get into trouble , tell me where the justice is in that? Now I understand why enrollment has dropped and more parents are choosing to take their children out of mainstream schooling and put them into cyber schools or charter schools , at least the children are getting a real education without fearing for their safety. Maybe I'll be one of those parents.
