Carol

Posted on 11/04/09

On 11/04/09, Katie/CA wrote:
> QUESTION: CAN A STUDENT THAT WAS EXPELLED(FOR BRINGING A GUN
> TO SCHOOL) RETURN TO THAT SCHOOL THE NEXT SCHOOL
> YEAR????????? Read on for the full story.....
>
> Last year a 4th grade student was placed at our school from
> another one in our district. He hit an aide and was expelled
> from school. He was then assigned to our school. A couple
> months later he brought a BB gun to class and showed it to a
> few students. Thank goodness one student told her mom and it
> was immediately reported. He was expelled from our school
> then too.
> Well, last Friday we were notified that he would be
> returning to our school. Needless to say, the parent of the
> child who told on him, is very worried and upset. Now today
> another parent in the class emailed the teacher to find out
> if the "rumors" were true.(The teacher forwarded the email
> to the superintendent)
> On his first day at our school, the expelled student
> confronted the student who reported the gun situation and
> asked if he was the one who told on him. (Now the poor kid
> is really scared) To make matters worse the expelled
> student's brother (who was placed in my class)told him he
> was going to beat him up.
> The worried parent called the district office and was
> told by the superintendent that Ca law only allows you to
> expel a student for one school year and that we HAVE to take
> him back.
> Have any of you been in this situation? Even his
> teacher is afraid of him and afraid to confront him on
> anything for fear that he will do something to her. What
> rights do we have for our student's safety and our own??? Do
> we just wait and see if he explodes?
> Thanks for any suggestions you have.

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