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<blockquote data-quote="svengandhi" data-source="post: 488762" data-attributes="member: 3493"><p>Tomato head kids - I had to laugh out loud at that.</p><p></p><p>When difficult child was in K, he was sent to the principal's office for some infraction or another. While H and I were on conference lines with her, we heard her say to difficult child: "Oh, no, difficult child, you can't touch THOSE (apparently some small Disney figurines) - they're only for the GOOD children!" difficult child said "I AM a good boy. My mommy says so." The next thing we heard was the principal saying "Give that back to me" and then "Ouch" as difficult child gave it back to her by tossing it at her head. When she tried to suspend him, we refused and told her that she should have told him to put it back on the desk instead of "Give that to me now!" He wasn't suspended then.</p><p></p><p>As for my current situation: It all worked out well. H put on his "law suit" and went to the school, armed with the copy of the school discipline code I had printed out and marked up. They finally admitted that my son did not deserve a punishment, that it was a mere reflex and just an unfortunate outcome. When H told the AP what the boy who was hit had said, she responded that she wasn't surprised, he has a filthy mouth. Nonetheless, my son is writing him a letter of apology because he was hit. I would like to see that boy apologize to my son but it's pretty irrelevant. H said that we don't want the "hitter" to be punished, just spoken to on appropriate bus behavior and better ways to get someone's attention. Apparently, he's a nice kid not a bully and was equally upset at the outcome.</p><p></p><p>The main thing was that the school agreed with us that the supervision was lacking. H reminded them of an incident a number of years ago when 7th graders engaged in oral sex in the back of the bus because all of the teachers were clustered up front. It was discovered a week later because a boy overhead another boy bragging about having it occur and told his parents. I had thought that the policy had been changed then to require teachers to sit throughout the bus. The assistant principal (who was not there then) remembered and said the rule will be reiterated to teachers again. The whole thing could have been averted if a teacher had seen the kid up and out of his seat.</p><p></p><p>My son told H that he is a better lawyer than son had expected him to be and he is pleased with the outcome!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="svengandhi, post: 488762, member: 3493"] Tomato head kids - I had to laugh out loud at that. When difficult child was in K, he was sent to the principal's office for some infraction or another. While H and I were on conference lines with her, we heard her say to difficult child: "Oh, no, difficult child, you can't touch THOSE (apparently some small Disney figurines) - they're only for the GOOD children!" difficult child said "I AM a good boy. My mommy says so." The next thing we heard was the principal saying "Give that back to me" and then "Ouch" as difficult child gave it back to her by tossing it at her head. When she tried to suspend him, we refused and told her that she should have told him to put it back on the desk instead of "Give that to me now!" He wasn't suspended then. As for my current situation: It all worked out well. H put on his "law suit" and went to the school, armed with the copy of the school discipline code I had printed out and marked up. They finally admitted that my son did not deserve a punishment, that it was a mere reflex and just an unfortunate outcome. When H told the AP what the boy who was hit had said, she responded that she wasn't surprised, he has a filthy mouth. Nonetheless, my son is writing him a letter of apology because he was hit. I would like to see that boy apologize to my son but it's pretty irrelevant. H said that we don't want the "hitter" to be punished, just spoken to on appropriate bus behavior and better ways to get someone's attention. Apparently, he's a nice kid not a bully and was equally upset at the outcome. The main thing was that the school agreed with us that the supervision was lacking. H reminded them of an incident a number of years ago when 7th graders engaged in oral sex in the back of the bus because all of the teachers were clustered up front. It was discovered a week later because a boy overhead another boy bragging about having it occur and told his parents. I had thought that the policy had been changed then to require teachers to sit throughout the bus. The assistant principal (who was not there then) remembered and said the rule will be reiterated to teachers again. The whole thing could have been averted if a teacher had seen the kid up and out of his seat. My son told H that he is a better lawyer than son had expected him to be and he is pleased with the outcome! [/QUOTE]
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