What is the truth - the school reports or the parent and their actions taken?

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If Mrs. Perkins had the written documentation of her story, complete with letters to the teacher, Principal, etc, along with the written incident reports (dare I ask if they exist), there may have been a different degree of accountability.
I will say it before any one else does - this is not a broad brush attack nor an isolated incident. What about the kid that could not stand up but was charged with seven counts of battery against a school person? He could not stand up or move, so how close were the school people?The real issue is the disdain that some "professionals" have for the ones they have power over.

As long as "paper compliance" is the focus instead of "moral and ethical compliance", we will reap what we sow.

"Worse than numbers"
While a majority of discipline incidents are in the double digits across the board for middle schools, a majority of north Tampa schools -- elementary through high school -- report zero bullying incidents.
"That's just crazy," says Brendale Perkins, a two-time PTA president who pulled her son Justin out of one such school three years ago because of what she described as relentless bullying.
Perkins says her son, who is medically disabled, was shoved around by boys who took his lunch and his money. Unlike many middle-schoolers, Justin complained to a teacher. But things did not improve, and Justin became angry and violent at home.
Perkins took the matter up with the administrators. Eventually, she says, five boys were suspended. But after they returned to school, a teacher sent one to the restroom with Justin. Brendale says the youth shoved Justin into a stall and wouldn't let him leave.
Perkins immediately transferred Justin to a private school. Because of his medical problems, he is now homeschooled.
Told that the school now reports zero bullying, she said, "That's ridiculous. There are going to be conflicts there."