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<blockquote data-quote="gcvmom" data-source="post: 385737" data-attributes="member: 3444"><p>My difficult child 2 did something similar when he was in the 5th grade. Unbeknownst to me, he took a Swiss Army knife with all the gadgets to school with the intent to use the magnifying glass tool to look at rocks (at the time, he was obsessed with becoming a geologist and collected lots of rocks at school). The teacher knew he had the knife and what he was using it for, and she'd just told him to put it away earlier in the day (rather than confiscating it which is what she SHOULD have done). Coincidentally, he'd been the victim of bullying and harrassment at school for a while, and on this particular day someone was bothering him and he made a verbal threat about the knife, which was met with jeers. He responded by showing the kid the knife and telling him what he would use it to do. That was the preciptating event that led to a 2-day suspension. However, when he came back and we met with district personnel, it was determined that he had no malicious intent in bringing the object to school, and that the threat he made was in response to a long-standing abusive relationship with another student and that due to his disability he would not be punished as severely. He ended up serving a few days of in-school suspension (which he actually enjoyed because he got some one-on-one attention from the assistant principal) and the school promptly began implementing an anti-bullying program throughout the school.</p><p> </p><p>Sounds like you have your resources lined up and I predict a positive outcome for your son. I look forward to your update -- good luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gcvmom, post: 385737, member: 3444"] My difficult child 2 did something similar when he was in the 5th grade. Unbeknownst to me, he took a Swiss Army knife with all the gadgets to school with the intent to use the magnifying glass tool to look at rocks (at the time, he was obsessed with becoming a geologist and collected lots of rocks at school). The teacher knew he had the knife and what he was using it for, and she'd just told him to put it away earlier in the day (rather than confiscating it which is what she SHOULD have done). Coincidentally, he'd been the victim of bullying and harrassment at school for a while, and on this particular day someone was bothering him and he made a verbal threat about the knife, which was met with jeers. He responded by showing the kid the knife and telling him what he would use it to do. That was the preciptating event that led to a 2-day suspension. However, when he came back and we met with district personnel, it was determined that he had no malicious intent in bringing the object to school, and that the threat he made was in response to a long-standing abusive relationship with another student and that due to his disability he would not be punished as severely. He ended up serving a few days of in-school suspension (which he actually enjoyed because he got some one-on-one attention from the assistant principal) and the school promptly began implementing an anti-bullying program throughout the school. Sounds like you have your resources lined up and I predict a positive outcome for your son. I look forward to your update -- good luck! [/QUOTE]
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