Deb - posted on 12/17/2010 ( 29 moms have responded )
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Hey guys,
I need some advice and help with this. Yesterday, my 12 year old left class and
made it out of the building, off of the campus and onto the busy road. He
proceeded down this road, crossed it at some point and was a quarter of a mile
down this road at talking with an adult female at her residence when he was
finally found. Here is the report from the asst. principal as to what happened:
Officer Fox and I were meeting in Mrs. Helmcamp's office on another matter when
Mrs. Riney poked in her head and said, "X was on the loose." Offer Fox and I
immediately exited Mrs. Helmcamp's office with the intent of finding him. As I
walked into the main office a mom was entering the front door of the building
reporting that there was a student running across our property apparently
heading toward the trash truck which was collecting our refuse at the time at
the north east corner of our campus. I immediately ran to my vehicle and
radioed Officer Fox of the reported sighting. He headed to his police car as
well. I proceeded north on Nolan River Road in my car and saw student X
standing in a drive way about three houses down from the school on the east side
of the road. The garbage truck was also at the residence. The student was
talking to an unknown adult female. I exited my car and engaged the student in
conversation. The student and I had a conversation on the porch swing of the
residence for a few minutes. After I concluded the student was calm and not
agitated, I asked him if he would like to ride back to school in the police car
and he agreed. At 9:33 the students entered Officer Fox's vehicle and was
transported back to school.
Upon returning to the building, I engaged Mr. Goodman and asked how this had
happened. Mr Goodman told me that he was in the back of his classroom helping
another student. Mrs. Bilew was at the desk with X. She said he moved toward
the door and just left out the door. Mr Goodman began to pursue at this point.
By the time Mr. Goodman reached the door, the student had already gotten around
the first corner of the short hallway and was out of sight. Mr. Goodman went to
the left passed the seminar room where Coach Ellis told him he saw a someone
pass by in an orange shirt heading toward the back of the building. By the time
Mr. Goodman reached that corner, the student was again already out of sight from
Mr. Goodman's vantage point. The student exited the building from an unknown
location at this point. This is about the same time Mrs. Riney made Officer Fox
and I aware of the situation
First of all, he is pretty much non-verbal so he is not able to carry on a
conversation. Second, I know the layout of the school and if they went after
him immediately, they would have seen which way he went in the first LONG
hallway. There are alot of holes in this story. The street he was on is super
busy with traffic so he could have gotten hit by a car, kidnapped, or worse.
The teacher was only concerned with disciplining him by making him watch the
other kids enjoy the christmas party, and he not attend only watch as
punishment. They assume no responsibility in him being out of the school and
unsupervised and in danger.
I need to know what steps I should take in this matter. I need to know some
information about homeschooling him.
HELP PLEASE!!!
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