A friend of mine has just phoned to say her son who is 13 has been reported to social services by the school for saying a racist name to another pupil.
Basically he called a German student 'a nazi zombie'. She said he had got it off some X-Box game but I'm not really sure. This was only said once & his mum said he didn't fully understand the meaning of it, again I'm not entirely sure.
What I need to find out is surely there is a protocol in place for behaviour like this? The child was kept in for both first & lunch time break & had to appologise to the student in question etc But the school has reported him to social services even though it's the first incident of it's kind. His parents only found out from a fellow student saying 'you are in sooo much trouble'!!
To me it seems a little extreme & my friend has been on the phone in tears. They have a meeting with the head first thing tomorrow morning but as they have no idea when it comes to computers they asked me to see if i could find out anything to help. So any help on this would be great. Their son is usually well behaved & knows what he said was wrong. Even to me social services seems an extreme step to take before even speaking to his parents.
Thanks
Basically he called a German student 'a nazi zombie'. She said he had got it off some X-Box game but I'm not really sure. This was only said once & his mum said he didn't fully understand the meaning of it, again I'm not entirely sure.
What I need to find out is surely there is a protocol in place for behaviour like this? The child was kept in for both first & lunch time break & had to appologise to the student in question etc But the school has reported him to social services even though it's the first incident of it's kind. His parents only found out from a fellow student saying 'you are in sooo much trouble'!!
To me it seems a little extreme & my friend has been on the phone in tears. They have a meeting with the head first thing tomorrow morning but as they have no idea when it comes to computers they asked me to see if i could find out anything to help. So any help on this would be great. Their son is usually well behaved & knows what he said was wrong. Even to me social services seems an extreme step to take before even speaking to his parents.
Thanks