The busdriver motioned for his step-dad or I to come to the bus Monday afternoon as he was coming down the steps. His face was flushed & he was running low grade fever. She pointed her finger at us & said Blue does NOT feel well, his chest is tight, his throat is aching & his head is hurting. TAKE CARE OF MY BLUE!
The ensuing night brought more fever, bone rattling coughing & a general sense of miserable for him as we struggled for him to get any rest between coughing spasms.
The following morning as we drove toward his dr.s' office, his school called to inquire after him. I was told that the previous evening as he waited in line to get on the bus for home, he told another child he'd cut his head off & that furthermore, he'd have two days of suspension for said deed. He went on to ask...are you SURE he is sick? This person has been instrumental in Blue's doing so well this year. He has fought side by side for him, with us. I calmly, quietly & clearly answered...yes. He ran 102 fever last night.
I asked if he'd spoken to anyone else that might've been near, that might have (?) heard my son possibly be provoked because that wasn't one of his common phrases. He said he'd not investigated it further as of yet, but planned to have a classroom meeting later in the day with the other child out of the room.
The following day, my son wasn't feeling much better & as he was suspended anyway, we slept in until I recieved a phone call from the aforementioned party. He had the class meeting & was told by several classmates that the child in question was sometimes annoying, frustrating & didn't always know when to quit. (Please understand I'm not for either side, but DO want the facts of the whole event no matter how good, bad or ugly)
My son remained suspended. He was in school ONE day this week with a SIX day weekend.
I'm highly frustrated as his behavior modification plan specifies in school suspension for verbalizing things such as this. My son is smart enough to be aware that if he says anything in a threatening manner, he will be suspended for 1-2 days, possibly more & has gone a full MONTH holding himself fairly well together.
If I & my husband don't stand our ground for my son, asking questions & getting to the bottom of each detail that paints the entire picture, who will? Who will protect him from bullies, social situations that will harm him & people that aren't willing to hear ALL sides before suspending him?
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