No Laughing Matter

My son was threatened yesterday at school during his stay in the Extended Day Program. Apparently some child threatened him by making a gun gesture with his hand, told Nicolas it was "his lucky day," and then shot the imaginary gun at him. And were we informed of this incident by the Extended Day Director when we picked him up? No. We had to hear it from Nicolas when asked how his day went. The hoodlum offending child in question’s parents were informed though.

Are you kidding me?! This is like some sick after school special on violence in schools. I am NOT happy. Stevan is NOT happy. An email was sent to the Principal last night regarding the handling of this matter. Apparently she was unaware of the incident and will investigate it today. Good. She had better or I’ll be raising a serious stink over it. With all the school shootings you hear about in the news, this is not something to take lightly. It may have been a hand gesture yesterday, but who’s to say that tomorrow or the next day or next month, that this child won’t decide to bring a real gun to school. Then perhaps our children won’t be so “lucky”.

I feel that behavior like this should be nipped in the bud immediately and a stern sentence of suspension or at the very least in-school suspension doled out. I find threats of violence to be a serious offense and it’s a shame when students cannot feel safe in their own schools. I’ll let you know if we hear anything else on the matter once the Principal conducts her investigation.