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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So kid goes to an intense therapeutic school with a staff ratio of 1:3, counseling, family services, etc. The school is staffed with highly trained professionals. Apparently no one at the school believes he was a danger to himself or others because, had they identified this, they would have been obligated to take action, which would have led to involuntary commitment. Even though these highly trained people didn’t see him as a danger, people here think his parents should have figured it out. I find that unbelievable and ridiculous. How can the parents be expected to figure out something that the professionals who see him for hours and hours a Day didn’t see.

Reading about the school also makes me wonder about the gun. Programs such as this advise parents to make their homes safe if their child is even remotely at risk for self harm or violence. It seems inconsistent for parents to invest the time and Mo wh into a school like this and then disregard a recommendation to make their home safe. [/quote]

The boys parents knew he was unstable and that there was a recent breakup and that the mom of the girl shared everything with the school. They also knew they had a gun (if the gun came from them)  and he liked guns if they looked at his social media. They knew about the swastika incident too. They were told he visits the girlfriend's home at night without the consent of the girlfriends parents. We have no proof they got hime help beyond the special school. That should come out soon. in order to qualify for that school he has to have some significant issues at his last school which we don't know the nature of yet, but I assume they went beyond learning.

Unless a child reported his behavior at the school or someone witnessed it, it is the school's responsibility to read his mind. [/quote]

If this was a regular school, I would agree that the school had no responsibility. But this is a therapeutic school with trained mental health providers and a staffing ratio that is higher than the hospital program my son just finished. Also, I’m not saying the school did anything wrong, just that if the trained professionals didn’t see a risk then I don’t think you can fault the parents for not seeing the risk. [/quote]

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