Beside the normal organized chaos of life. This little boy has had a rough month. When Ian gets home from school I always ask him what is something he learned, something that was his least favorite and favorite part of the day. On this particular day (the bus was a little late) Ian came home so excited to tell me about what they did in class. In the middle of his conversation I missed a call from the principle of his school. The call was to inform me that Ian had punched another child in the face on the bus. Ian would be suspended from recess for the week and if it happened again he would be suspended from school. The principle said that Ian would not tell them what happened and did not tell him the other boy involved.
Clearly this raised multiple questions because it did not sound like my Ian. Ian told us his story and I had multiple mothers call me after school that also verified what Ian had told me. Apparently an older boy got on the bus and was acting crazy hyper. He cornered Ian in his seat and started hitting him in the stomach.....so Ian punched him in the face and the boy ran away crying to the bus driver. Go Ian! After having multiple mothers call me to let me know that there children were all upset that Ian got in trouble you can imagine how frustrated I was. I will give the school the benefit that Ian refused to tell them anything. He did not want the other boy to get into trouble. However telling a Kindergartner he is not allowed to go to recess! Seriously he did not even want to go to school. Not only that then threatening him that he is going to be suspended from school without knowing the story -come on! We did discuss with Ian that next time you just push the kid away. However, he did not start it and was simply defending himself. Why I am having to deal with this in Kindergarten is scary!
I went into school with Ian the next day. The administration informed me that they felt the situation had been dealt with appropriately and they were not allowed to disclose any other information about the other student involved. What??? I don't think they even knew who the other student was. Words can't express my frustration. After sharing my opinions on the other student, bus driver, and how the administration "dealt" with the situation I think my point was made and heard. We then went and talked with his teacher. His teacher was wonderful and refused to actually suspend him from recess. She got down and told him -I would have done the same thing! As of now we only have three weeks left of school and we have not had a problem.
To add to Ian's rough month of March.... he was playing soccer downstairs by himself (I was downstairs vacuuming) tripped and hit the chair with his chin. This caused his bottom teeth to go through his lip :( Being the paranoid mother I am we rushed him to his pediatrician where they decided it would heal better without stitches. Thankfully they were right! I don't think he even has a scar.
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