A quick recap of the end of my week.

My emotionally disturbed student got into a fist-fight with another one of my students during class on Thursday, and third student brought a knife to class.

The knife-bringer, let’s call him Mack, was one of my biggest behavior problems this year (not disrespectful, just a very short attention span and in need of constant supervision), and now it looks like he’s going to be expelled.

Funny thing is had this happened a week later, Mack would still be here, regardless of the knife. See, he’s got an IEP (individualized education plan), and Mack’s mother was refusing to sign it. Had his previous one expired, before the mother signed the new one, it would not have mattered if he’d brought an assault weapon into school, he could NOT have been expelled. It’s not the nature or gravity of the offense that matters, but rather whether the paperwork is in order. -D