Cute Kittehs!
sigh...I hestitate to post this to a room full of homeschoolers. But, Luke was attacked on the playground today. Shoved down and kicked. He’s not seriously hurt but was in the clinic (and calmed down) when the school reached the Mrs.
He’d already told us he was being bullied (short, smart kid with glasses - he’s an easy target). And he listed the names of the three. When he told us that I spoke with the guidance counselor and didn’t even have to name the kid. She knew because that same kid had just returned from a suspension after slamming a kid’s head into a desk during art class.
It was the same kid today. He’s not coming back to school. Sadly, he’s an emotionally disturbed special ed kid, so it’s pretty obvious this behavior is coming from ~somewhere~. But as we told the school, we’ll teach Luke to deal with name calling, but we expect the school to watch out for his physical safety.
I miss the days when you could say to your kid if someone touches you beat the crap out of them. But not in today’s environment.
We know Luke’s not going to public middle school (at least not if they don’t change the district lines). But we’re also considering what we can do in the fall. The private schools we’re interested in are quite spendy. But we may have to find a way.