Thanks for the mothering skylrks, means a lot. Ahh, I am a good 6 inches shorter then you are. You must be a tower. I truly need to know that I am held in people's hearts but that is a post I plan on making in the abuse forum.

sqrlb8, interestingly enough, we had a local tv station that was very supportive and did accurate coverage. We had a whole town of people supporting my spouse. We have heard nothing negative from people we know, they all say they are sorry and it stinks. The T.V. stuff proved to fan the flame and any newspaper publicity was retorted by bullying statements from a local superintendent and his chronies. It seems we threatened the way things are supposed to be by daring to protect our kids and being outspokedn about it. I want to fly under the radar now. What amazes me is from all the people we know who have educated their children privately, who have money, who have let us go before them and help establish these schools and programs, they give no financial support or speak publiclly. Doesn't seem too much to ask but that has been the way it is. People seem selfish. In their own little world it seems. People who have professed love for our kids and can't stand up and speak or throw a little money at the legal defense. People who work in the same system where our kid was abused and then let US set up programs for them to send their kid so he won't be bullied. No, don't get me wrong, love the kid and he deserves protecting but what's wrong with this picture? I feel battered and abused. I tried to stick up for what was right. My husband still has big issues with the principal of the thing. I guess what was good was the Wall Street Journal made it a little wider known. A few programs contacted us about doing a story but no one ever carried through. It is a national disaster and we are lead like lambs to the slaughter. Our kids are bullied, beaten, harrassed and tormented daily in our schools and we are supposed to sit back and accept it? No, I do not accept it and I suppose we have paid the price. Our girls are in a great school now and they are loved and protected. Our son is starting to speak with his doc about how this impacted on him. It's just money, and anxiety. Thirty five years in jail for this? Hmmm. Sorry to vent on you, I agree fundamentally with you but I am beaten and down and all I want to do is live safely below the radar.