Thank you for your comments and e-mails and Facebook messages.
We have appreciated each and everyone. It’s great to have so many different perspectives and to hear different ones experiences.
We haven’t made a decision either way. I’m so conflicted but in the mean time…
The school has gone to bat for Jeremy and is showing through their actions just how much they care for him. The Vice Principal called me yesterday and asked if I was okay with her talking with his class about respect and if I was okay with her using Jeremy as an example. I said that it would be okay. I figured that if it got worse….then we’d pull him. If it gets amazing better, then YAH!
She called me this morning and talked about what steps the school is taking. They did talk with the class about respect and about harm….about not harming other people with words or actions. They also spoke with a few other classes (some of the children bothering Jeremy are in other classes) about the Quebec Teen who was bullied. I really hope that the outcome is compassion as opposed to derision.
The school really seems to be taking this whole situation seriously. I have to admit to a whole bunch of guilt in not dealing with this before now…this is the third year that Jeremy has been complaining about the same group of kids. Obviously Geli was the highest priority last year, but still…..
The Vice Principal mentioned that Jeremy seems less stressed today than he did yesterday (we ran into her when we went past the school to pick up some of his work) or the day before and this is a good thing.
He slept so good last night and actually slept in this morning. I really do think that the day off really helped to calm him down. He hadn’t been able to get to sleep and was waking up earlier and earlier stressing about school.
On top of him calling home stressed about being bullied, he’s also been calling home saying that his meds aren’t working or wondering if he forgot to take him meds….Yesterday he had no problems focusing when it was necessary. I actually think that the stress of everything was causing him to be so distracted and was hindering him from being able to focus. So far, I’ve had no calls home and I’m expecting him home in about an hour. The no calls home is a very good thing.
I don’t think that this situation has magically resolved itself, but I do hope that we are headed in the right direction.
And my baby just woke up and so I’m off…. have a great rest of the day!
