there you go... a real letter from a real attorney will always get things done, any school employee would be out on their ass with little time to clear out their desk if they didnt fix a potential law suit beforehand.. this works for you, and against the bully

Hey guys, little update.
I met with the school this morning to see what they intend to do about this mess. They have come up with a plan and asked me if I thought it was acceptable to try. They will keep this kid in the classroom, but there will be another assistant at all times. They will also have the schools counselor, the special ed teacher and the resource person in the class on a rotating schedule to work one on one with this kid. The other parents have been contacted MANY times it turns out and the school just gets the cold shoulder or ignored alltogether. So they will focus on his needs while at the school, and CPS has been contacted to investigate the home situation.
The rest of the plan is to keep him on a different schedule and very busy in the school. His recess time will be indoors in the special needs program and away from the main population of students. He will sit in a designated area at lunch and be supervised. He will also go into a different PE or gym class with other kids that have similar issues or needs. He will also be separated at library time.
So the bottom line is that he and my son will still be in the same class but with direct supervision over the other kid. He will be separated from the other students anytime they are out of the classroom and will still have direct supervision. They know there are jobs and a very serious lawsuit on the line here and they are taking it very seriously.
My son will be safe and the other kid will get some help.

I made it very clear this will not be tolerated anymore. And that they have dropped the ball in a huge way and are open for a serious lawsuit right now but that I am willing to work with them.

I do REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYONES comments, thoughts, suggestions, sharing of stories and support in this. This is what makes this place so great, the people. Thank you all very much!
I will keep this updated and see where it goes.

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Sounds like a good result if they follow through.

Sounds like good news, Eric. I hope the kid gets the help and supervision that he needs. Also, I really think that CPS needs to look hard into what is going on at the home.

I hope he does too. Obviously my son is my priority, but the other kid can not be swept aside and forced through the system. He will end up shooting me in a 7-11 someday or end up in prison and be a tax burden to us all.

He can be saved and have a great life IF the school and state do what is right. He is only 5 for gods sake. He is not at fault here. But I can not spend my time worrying about him, my son is my priority and I have to focus on that.

you're doing the right thing Eric, sounds like things are going to be fixed. :thumbsup:

Jody

Sounds like that kid is going to elemtary school prison. Good for you buddy:cheers:

LOL!!! He kind of is. But they are trying to structure it for him in a positive way and not as a "punishment" but rather as a way to give him more direction and guidence. He is obviously lacking any kind of positive environment at home, the school is going to continue to try and help that as well.

Eric, great way to handle this, parenting can be very trying at times. I hope they do follow through and the other little guy gets the help he needs and deserves.

Eric, I just read through this thread and want to commend you on how you've handled this so far. You've done much better than I probably would. I constantly had to put up with bullies in the neighborhood I grew up in and I promised myself that when I have kids one day I'll teach them how to fight back like I had to. However, after reading through this thread and seeing how you're handling it, I admire the fact that your trying to create a situation where your son just doesn't have to fight at all(at least not yet), and that maybe the other kid gets some real help instead of just a beatdown. So kudos to you man! :thumbsup: I certainly hope the steps the school is FINALLY taking with this other kid will solve the problem permanently.

Cheers, :cheers:
Chris