My youngest son came home from school today and told me that he had a good day at school today. No incidents and none of the kids got hurt... hurt?
Yes, apparently there are several disruptive children at his school and when they have an "episode" or an "incident" they throw things (books, pencils,chairs) and even one time hit a girl in the face. Our son only started talking about it recently. Up until recently we were uninformed about it.
We, my wife (to-be) and myself, think this is wrong. We think if there are problems of a sort where our child could be injured we should be informed about it. A bunch of other parents and us got together to discuss this and agreed.
On top of that we discovered that the principal seems to be dodging the issue. Discusses it only briefly with parents that call before "something" comes up and she has to end the phone call. She never goes into detail siting confidentiality issues.
At this time we are unsure what we should do, but one thing is certain, if our son is hurt there will be one very unhappy principal. She has tried to keep a lid on it and if he gets hurt the first thing I am doing is calling the press and telling them about our child's endangerment.
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One of my in-laws has a situation similar to yours. There are a couple of options for her, but as we are in a different state than you, I don't know how viable these options would be for you.
The first option she's considering is homeschooling. She's a stay at home parent and is intelligent and resourceful enough to make this option work. She is also very "into" setting up play dates for her children which would help in the social aspects of homeschooling. When my husband and my oldest homeschooled we even lent her the materials she would need to decide if homeschooling was an option for her. Unfortunately there are no federal guidelines for homeschooling ... something that I'll be working towards changing in the next decade. But I'll be nice and not go into details. Point is ... homeschooling is state regulated. Some states are very liberal while others don't even permit homeschooling. It's a far cry from the days where only the privileged attended public schools. So if time-wise this is an option, you may want to do some research into it and see what you come up with.
My sister-in-laws second option (again available because of the state we live in) is to transfer her child into a different school within the same district. She can transfer her to one outside of the district only if there is not one available within the district.
The problem I see with this option is just exactly what you stated. If the teachers and principals are unwilling to acknowledge there's a problem, then how will you know if there's going to be a problem at the new school as well?
But these are options available to remove your child to a safer environment.
What schools need is more counselors in the office and more adult supervision on the playground. Classroom assistants would be a plus, but considering schools have made too many cutbacks as it is due to finances, then parent volunteers are the next course to be taken. The school our children attend have parent volunteers in the classrooms almost every day. That’s not to say that our school doesn't have an occasional incident, but when it does happen it is less severe and the situation is put under control almost immediately.
Like I said, that's what they do here (along with anti-bulleing programs for all the students and parents). I hope I've given you a few ideas to consider.
If you need more info, please let me know. Love ya bro!
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