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Anonymous wrote:DC was in churchill in freshman year and had substance abuse issues due to getting involved with bad influence friends group. When diagnosed, had generalized anxiety disorder and take meds and do therapy. Completed sophomore and junior years thru online school with very good grades. Was not in touch with any of the wrong group of friends. Therapist wants dc to go back to public school for senior year as a prep for the college. DC says their mindset has changed and won't want to connect with bad influence friends. Not sure if going back to the same environment will make dc relapse as dc is impulsive, is very loyal to friends and and only thinks of the consequences after the damage is done. Then, dc truly regrets it. Has churchill become better or worse in terms of strict measures for drug usage, going out of school during school hours,etc. School counselor says it is up to DC and cannot be making constant checks on DC. What checks can be done by the parent at school? Not sure if need to take a chance and send back to the same environment or continue with online school for last year of school. Cannot afford private school.
I completely agree that this is difficult, but you cannot count on the school and its policies to protect your DC from himself, and the counselor has also made that very clear. I think you have to assume that the environment is going to be just as tempting to DC as it ever was, and that it will take about five minutes for the negative influences to pop up. I wouldn't send my DC back under those circumstances. I'd keep them in online HS and add a couple of classes at community college instead, so that we could work on college acclimation together, from home, without the constant pressure from the negative HS environment that caused the problems in the first place. So short answer: NO, I wouldn't send DC back in person. New plans instead.
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