Omigod.....

ripley33

ripley33

Cathlete
I got a call from ds's school today (he is in elementary school, grade 7) and ds was playing basketball today with kids in his class and bumped into this kid who is well known for having parents involved in drugs and crime and the kid PULLS A KNIFE!!!!!! He says he's going to get ds! Cops are called and Mom is beside herself thinking if he can bring a knife to school what is next??? We live in a very small town (20,000) in the Yukon and this is unheard of. I am scared for my son and what is becoming of the world. Has anyone else been through this?
Laura
 
The police were saying how great and responsible my ds was taking care of his friend who was more upset than him and that the perpetrator was a victim as well because his parents were drug addicts etc. and that there was a restraining order against him coming near my son but what about all the other kids at the school? Virginia Tech should be teaching them something right? My girlfriend phoned and said that she heard last week from someone that this kid was heard saying that he was going to bring a GUN and a KNIFE to school! The principal told me not to worry that he would be by her side tommorrow for the day but what about after that? No suspension? I am very concerned and have phoned all the parents I can think of and we are all phoning principal tommorrow and not taking our kids to school until something is done.
 
I understand your concern. A few years ago there was a third grader that kept attacking the other kids (carrying a weapon, throwing rocks, etc.,)on his way to and from school. I know other parents reported this boy to the Principal and Police when he tried to intimidate other kids.
This boy waited down the street while my kids were walking home and attacked my son with rocks. Thank goodness he was okay. I notified the principal who was very helpful about involving the police and I was told the boy had a rap sheet already.(This boy kept attempting to intimidate my son)
The final straw was that I went on a walk with my son and daughter,letting my son skate around the park while I was a half a block away. (I live in a small town) My son came running out of the park crying with one shoe missing telling me he had been attacked by this boy who was with another boy and that they had thrown his shoe and my son had been hit. I took my kids asked my son to identify the boy to me. I did not approach this boy but walked straight to the sheriff's department and reported him. The boy rode past on his bicycle while I was speaking with the sheriff and the sheriff pulled him aside. I placed him under citizen's arrest after he admitted to hitting my son.
The reason why I did this is 1.Endangerment of other kids 2.Assault 3.Multiple incidents with this boy.
If you do not like your answer from the principal (do you have a school board?) Attempt to contact them.
This boy ended up being taken in by social services a few years later because he was being severely abused by his family. Hopefully he recieved the treatment he needed.
 
I have never been through anything like this either but I would be so tempted to keep my son home from school.
What is going on with this world? People are just getting crazier and crazier! We live in a small town as well and I know that one of these days something is going to happen. There have already been a ton of breakins and stuff. Its mostly kids looking for money though, they are all into drugs so much that they have to get their money somewhere.
Lori:)
 
laura,
iam so sorry to hear this. we live about an hour away from VaTech so the pain still lingers here and its heart breaking to hear more and more cases of children turning violent. i hope the law can DO anything to remove this child from the home and get him help ASAP. i really swear there should be a license to be a parent. hey if these ppl want to fry their brains go right ahead but now as you said the child is as much a victim being exposed to such a violent world of drug abuse, as he is a the perpetrator taking his anger and sadness on others. if i were a judge i would put a restraining order and if the kid breaks it the parents can trek to jail while the child goes to a facility to help this troubled youth.

JMHO!!!there is simply no reason for a child to act out like this and be exposed to such a horrible home life.drugs are bad for a reason!! and its also absurd there is NO suspension. we had a girl get arrested AT our school yesterday for fighting. no weapons or anything just two girls got into a slap fight and the school officers slapped teh cuffs on them.

kassia

http://www.picturetrail.com/ldy_solana

"And do what thee wilt as long as ye harm none"
 
That's horrible!

>The police were saying how great and responsible my ds was
>taking care of his friend who was more upset than him...

I don't understand...what friend? I didn't see any reference to a friend in your original post. Was the friend threatened as well?

> My girlfriend phoned and said that she heard
>last week from someone that this kid was heard saying that he
>was going to bring a GUN and a KNIFE to school! The principal
>told me not to worry that he would be by her side tommorrow
>for the day but what about after that?
Again, I'm not following...who is the 'she' that the principal will be beside? Your friend?
 
Kathryn sorry for the confusion. My son was playing basketball and all of his friends were there as well. The friend that was upset was not threatened but very upset about what he had witnessed and was also concerned about the perp taking action against him as well since he was on my ds team.

The principal said that I shouldn't worry because she was keeping the perp with her at her side for the day tommorrow.

Laura
 
Oh wow!
I'm so sorry that you are even having to deal with something so scary!
Did the kid get out of school suspension - what is the school going to do with this?
 
Okay,
So this is what is happening...The kid is being charged by the police and the school is keeping him under a type of house arrest because the kid's dad is wanted by the police and his mom works so if they send him home he will play video games, watch t.v. etc. So the principal is keeping him for ten days in the infirmary across from her office and no contact with any kids. After ten days she is going to let him back in the classroom but he will not be allowed out with the other kids for the rest of the year at recess etc. I think personally he should be expelled but my dh thinks (he knows the family) that the kid should be given a bit of a break because of his poor family life.

Laura
 
I think personally he
>should be expelled but my dh thinks (he knows the family) that
>the kid should be given a bit of a break because of his poor
>family life.
>
>Laura

hi laura,

i can see dh's point but really we can't let that be an excuse for this type of behavior. he needs some punishment for him to learn that what he did was unexecptable and needs to learn from this.honestly if we did this for most kids what would they grow up to be like,thinking they can get away with it b/c they have a bad life. i think what the school is doing is giving him a BIG break. but all else this child needs help to be put in a safer enviroment, obviously the only male role model in his life is confusing him on what is appropriate behavior.

i hope it all works out for the kids in this case.

kassia

http://www.picturetrail.com/ldy_solana

"And do what thee wilt as long as ye harm none"
 
Hi, sorry to hear about that. It sounds terrifying!

I am a teacher. In the past, in our district, when a student gets in trouble, and is believed to be a potentially series threat for some reason, one of the disciplinary steps has been suspension pending the results of a psychological evaluation. A trained child's psychiatrist must determine what level of danger the child's presence means for the other children before the principal makes the decision to have him/her in classrooms again. I think something like this seems appropriate here.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Our Newsletter

Get awesome content delivered straight to your inbox.

Top