I am not by nature litigious. But taunting a 12 year old by calling him gay? You better run for fucking cover.

I have blogged here numerous times about J and all the trouble we had with the bus last year. It was a constant source of stress. (For those who don't know, and since I am way too aggravated to link to the archives, J goes to a special school for children with emotional problems. Good school, but it requires an hour bus ride each way)

So far this year we had had relatively little trouble on the bus. Until now.

This afternoon I got a bus conduct report in the mail for an incident Tuesday afternoon. He was written up for refusing to move his seat and because "He is constantly complaining about the other kids/ She's sick of it."

I called the school to find out what that was about. A conduct report because she's "sick of it (him)"? Sorry. Not ok.

Then J got off the bus hysterical. I couldn't calm him down for a good long while. The other kids were throwing things at him, poking him, generally teasing him and when he told the bus driver and aide they told him he was a crybaby. That would have been enough to make me crazy but it didn't stop there.

The bus driver and the aide joined the other two boys in taunting J. They said "You're gay. Just admit it. You don't like giirrrrllls. Just tell us. Everyone already knows."

They went on to make fun of him personally picking on his clothes, calling him dirty and telling him that he smelled.

So far I have contacted the school, the bus company, the board of education and the county. I can't begin to describe how angry I am.

I don't care what he did (and he did react by lashing out and calling her a bitch) they are under no circumstances to taunt my child and/or call. him. gay. What the fuck is that about? What kind of fucking people are they??

I am driving him in on Monday and then this is going to be settled. Luckily, he had met with his principal on Tuesday and told him that he was being teased. He is not innocent in this. He can be a handful. But there is absolutely no excuse for what happened. None at all.

on edit: The head of the county education department has been very helpful. The bus driver turned in her report and, while it doesn't include what we reported, it doesn't in any way contradict it either. Also, the bus driver said that J got very upset because the kids were making fun of gay people and he told them to stop because it was mean to make fun of people for who they love. I feel bad for J but I am proud of him for not joining in that kind of fuckwitted junior bigot club