Parents Are Stupid!

Some of you may think the title is a bit harsh, but some of you completely understand.

When all my kids came in the room I noticed there was one missing. It wouldn't usually phase me, but this particular kid told me his last day would be last Friday. When I got my hopes up, I realized I should call home and check with mom to be sure. My dreams were crushed when mom said, "We are not moving soon. We will sometime, but I don't know when yet. We can't go anywhere until I get my health problems under control and I've been in and out of the hospital almost daily."
Today when he didn't show up, I assumed he was absent because his mom was in the hospital and couldn't bring him (which was a very common occurrence). When I went to specials, I informed the registrar that he wasn't here AGAIN, but mom said they weren't moving. When I went to lunch I checked my mailbox and only to find a withdrawal form for none other than Disrespectful.

This usually wouldn't be a big deal, but this child has only been in my class for about 9-10 weeks. He and his family are actually what is known as Traveling Gypsies. (I will have to explain this in another blog.) My biggest concern with this child no longer being in my class is that he has some serious learning and behavior problems. I understand that many of his problems stem from moving school-to-school every 9 weeks, but he is also not at a school long enough to have an interventions done. He needs some serious help and it seems as though he's never going to receive it.

To piggyback on the idea of this child moving with only 5 weeks left in the school year, a teacher that I work with received a new student today. I was fortunate in knowing that she was coming because she is from the school that I did my student teaching at (I still have contacts). My question is...why doesn't her mom just commute her to school each day. The schools are only 10 minutes apart and one is an IB World School and the other is not. I'll leave it at that!

Crazy, crazy parents...