Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Knife Weilding 2nd Grader!





OK, I wasn't even sure that I wanted to post this, but maybe I just need to vent, and really, what better place to do so than my own blog, right?

My girls go to a small elementary school in Yorba Linda (AKA ""The Land of Gracious Living"), and we feel safe in our little community and school of 500 students. Well, at least we did until yesterday. There is something very seriously wrong with our world when a 7 year old shows up at school with a large buck/utility style pocket knife in his back pack (oh yeah, and a lighter). And let me tell you, this was no little swiss army knife. The term Pocket Knife is a bit mis leading in my opinion in this particular case. It was probably about 4 inches long FOLDED. I didn't open it up but I would imagine that the blade was at least 3 inches long. And as if this in itself isn't BAD ENOUGH, this comes just 5 days after this particular boy told my sweet little introverted, kind hearted, shy little 7 year old Madison, that he was going to "beat her up and kill her and he hoped that her blood didn't get all over his hands". I kid you not!!

ARE YOU AS SCHOCKED AND ALARMED AS I WAS???

Well, it is being handled, but I feel as though it took some aggressiveness on my part to get the principal to take the matter as seriuosly as it actually is. And much to my dismay, it doesn't appear that the boy will be expelled, but he was at least suspended yesterday and today. The matter isn't closed as they have to meet with him and his parents, so we shall see.

Madison seems fine, though she hasn't been in class with the boy since it happened. She was definitely affected by his words last week but recovered from it quite well. Now this. Yesterday she came home "sick" with a stomach ache and headache and had some issues when it was bed time. This morning she seemed perfectly fine though she knew the boy wasn't going to be at school today. So we will see what tomorrow brings. I will keep you posted.