I got the call from my kid's Principal yesterday. They are still investigating but basically, his "friend" got the BB gun for Xmas. He bought it to school yesterday. My son (5th grader) asked to play with it. He aimed it at another child who told the teacher and they both ended up in the Principal's office (my son and the kid who brought the gun to school).
They are both supposed to be suspended for a year although there will be a hearing and if we can plead a decent case, the suspension could be lessened.
I realize my son is guilty - the school has a zero tolerance policy for weapons and he played with the gun and aimed it at someone. He deserves what he gets (I'm still hoping for a lesser suspension). I put myself in the position of the parents whose boy had the gun aimed at him. If that was my son, I would want the boy who aimed the gun and the owner of the gun to both be expelled. I'm just glad that the gun didn't go off and that no one was hurt.
I am just absolutely astounded by the parents of the other child who bought him a gun - and didn't explain to him the dangers of the toy or that he was not, under any circumstances, to take it to school.
I got the paperwork from the school at the beginning of the school year about the school policies but I spent more time on the zero tolerance for bullying than I did on the weapons rule because I don't buy my child guns, I don't allow him to play with guns and I never thought this would become an issue.
Any ideas on what I can do with a kid who is suspended for a year? So far, since we don't want him to have to repeat the fifth grade, the options seem to be to send him to my in-laws in California, to my parents in Australia or to try to get into a charter school or homeschooling program. Both my husband and I work and can't bring him to work for a year and we will not leave him at home alone - he's a 10-year-old who was silly enough to play with a toy gun at school!
They are both supposed to be suspended for a year although there will be a hearing and if we can plead a decent case, the suspension could be lessened.
I realize my son is guilty - the school has a zero tolerance policy for weapons and he played with the gun and aimed it at someone. He deserves what he gets (I'm still hoping for a lesser suspension). I put myself in the position of the parents whose boy had the gun aimed at him. If that was my son, I would want the boy who aimed the gun and the owner of the gun to both be expelled. I'm just glad that the gun didn't go off and that no one was hurt.
I am just absolutely astounded by the parents of the other child who bought him a gun - and didn't explain to him the dangers of the toy or that he was not, under any circumstances, to take it to school.
I got the paperwork from the school at the beginning of the school year about the school policies but I spent more time on the zero tolerance for bullying than I did on the weapons rule because I don't buy my child guns, I don't allow him to play with guns and I never thought this would become an issue.
Any ideas on what I can do with a kid who is suspended for a year? So far, since we don't want him to have to repeat the fifth grade, the options seem to be to send him to my in-laws in California, to my parents in Australia or to try to get into a charter school or homeschooling program. Both my husband and I work and can't bring him to work for a year and we will not leave him at home alone - he's a 10-year-old who was silly enough to play with a toy gun at school!
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