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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You need to email the school and say that your daughter fears for her safety.  Start that paper train now.   This kid will be back and this will happen again.   You need to keep saying your daughter feels unsafe to get him or her moved to a different classroom.  Also get the other parents to email.  Its the beginning of the year - do not wait to take action on this or this will be like this all year.    [/quote]

But she doesn't (reasonably) fear for her safety. The teacher was certainly at risk, but nothing in the OP suggests that the other students were physically at risk. OP needs to talk to her anxious child about how we are all struggling with things, that this other child probably also has anxiety that manifests differently, and that evacuating the classroom was how the school keeps the students safe while he is learning better tools.[/quote]

You don't think the child threatening to kill people wouldn't make the other children fear for their safety? Is there something wrong with you?[/quote]

The kid is presumably also 9. It is exceedingly unlikely that he has the means to kill anyone. I'm not doubting that it was scary, but talking about how the school can keep everyone safe is more productive than demonizing the kid. (If this was high school, or even middle school, it would be different.) Learning to distinguish between realistic and unrealistic threats is a key skill, especially for someone with anxiety.[/quote]

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