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[quote=Anonymous]Many years ago in an FCPS 3rd grade, there was a child who caused all sorts of problems— easy examples included throwing a musical instrument at a music teacher, strangling another student on the playground and purposely throwing a book at my D — it hit her in the eye.

I picked her up and got an emergency eye appointment. It happened to be with an ophthalmologist who had his own (kids’) stories of classroom disruptions and dangers.

I held my D out of school for a week, while the admin danced. The assistant superintendent threatened me with truancy laws. This was in late March.

Eventually, they moved my child to another classroom. It game me some assurance of safety for my kid although it didn’t address the larger issue.

Two years later, I found that my child was again assigned to the same classroom as the difficult child.  I loved the teacher but was wary about the assignment. I clearly told her, I didn’t intend to stand in the way of the boy’s learning, but I had zero tolerance for another dangerous situation. She managed it well.

The boy had very little discipline in his home life and hadn’t really learned to read. I believe that the 5th grade teacher made a difference.

So, FCPS didn’t really want to take on the problem until they were pushed to the wall — and they threatened me with truancy! Truly absurd. Other parents commended my actions but they didn’t publicly speak out. YMMV.[/quote]

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