Posted by thuso on August 19, 2005, at 22:08:34
In reply to poking student on a bus with a needle, posted by lynn970 on August 19, 2005, at 18:41:34
> Today a student came up to me to report that a student was poking other children on the school bus with a needle. (The needle was the kind that is used by diabetics to check their blood sugar levels.) He was using the same dirty needle to poke other children with.
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> I went to the pricipal to report this but she was not at school yet. I then went to the assistant pricipal's office. He told me to write a disciplinary report on the young guy and that he would get to it later.
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> His order upset me because to me he should have called the young boy in right away. I then went to the main office and told the secretary that I thought that this deserved immediate attention.
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> I later went to the principal to suggest to her that the parents of the victims needed to be contacted.
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> All in all, the young perpetrator only got suspended from school for three days.
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> Am I crazy to think that not enough was done in this situation. I can only think about if someone poked my child with a dirty needle. I would be outraged.
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> The OCD in me keeps telling me that I handled the whole thing wrong. I am also afraid that the assistant principal will hold something against me because I went above his head.
>I'd also go tell the school nurse. She/he'll understand the severity of this situation. You'll probably get a lot farther with the nurse telling the parents then you will with a principle. Just a suggestion.
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