Unsurprised by this news. Living on the IOW, web savvy daughter who was 10 ( 8 years ago) was reported to the Head teacher of school AND to the police authorities because she emailed a girl,who racially abused her at school, called her a f…head and some colourful words. She was too scared to approach teachers as they were unsympathetic in the first instance. We were contacted by the LA education officer to assess our ability to be parents. ( Although not snobby about education, just FYI-Dad - part Phd and electronics engineer, Mum - double post graduate, pretty much travelled and worked around the world).
In another incident - daughter who has medical condition was off school for several days WITH a doctors note, only to have the truant officer visit our home to verify if we were fit enough to be parents. Our names are foreign sounding; we are articulate and know our rights - heaven forbid, we question authority on the IOW !
IOW 30 years behind the rest of the world. Enough said.
