After he admitted to threatening to kill the other kids, #3 had his rights read to him. We were told that he may not go back to school until after he has spoken with a professional, and they are certain he is not going to harm anyone. This was told to us by the police, who were also questioning whether or not he should be suspended or expelled, and who also recommended we take him to the emergency room to see if they thought he should be admitted to an in-patient treatment facility.
While I am willing to consider that I may not be taking any potential threat by my son as seriously as it should be taken, I completely think that the police that did the questioning are blowing it WAY out of proportion.
I didn't say anything when I thought that the questions they were asking him were somewhat leading (...come on, admit it, you think of hurting yourself or others don't you... type of questions), and I know that with this being the first and only time they have seen my son, and that they had not appeared to have spoken with other adults at the school who know him and could give some observations about him to the situation, they have to take a "worse case scenerio" take on this in order to prevent what has become all to common in our schools.
Still, I know that the mandates they have placed on this are more extreme than the situation calls for. Even the principal seemed taken aback at everything they were saying.
So, #3 is out of school and home until he can be seen by a "professional". I have a doctor referral appointment for him, followed by a therapist appointment next Tuesday, but have been told that as he will be a new patient they cannot give the green light on him going back to school. His primary physician is away on emergency leave and I have no idea when she will be back, but if she is back in time he has an appointment with her on October 21. I have a call in to the child psych. we coordinate through for his meds, but haven't heard back from him yet. Until further notice, #3 is home and out of school.
This adds pressure on Hubby who has a big thing going on at work between now and next Wednesday, so he is unavailable to have #3 with him there or leave work to take him to any appointments. His stress level is visible and manifesting itself through knots in his shoulders the size of Montana.
Oh, did I mention that I have my calculus final Monday, and there is very little time between now and then that I can take off to the library to study?
I wonder if Tums comes in chocolate flavor?