**Re: Crossed The Line*****

[Guest guest]

Hi!

Thanks for all your support and thoughts for my son and I.

Someone had asked how old my son is-he is 4.

I haven't spoken to my school district since filing my complaint Friday. I

am trying to get an advocate. I will not attend a meeting without some kind

of representation. At this point-this is frustrating.

Also, today I put a complaint into " Institutional Abuse " -they are supposed

to look into abuse that occurs in schools. Well, I call them

and----------when the teacher and aid placed my son in a chair, in the

bathroom, shut the lights and closed the door on him. And didn't do this

once but twice-he told me this isn't considered abuse. " They " will only go

out an investigate if a child is physically abused by a teacher or aid. So,

mental abuse does not count. Boy, did I have a few words to say to him

about the system.

The gentleman told me at the agency that most of the calls are about

teachers/aids verbally abusing children and he said it is sad, because there

isn't anything they can do about it. That is Terrible. It makes me

wonder-should I send my son who is verbal-but not able yet to tell me about

his day, to school? Or should I wait until I feel he can tell me when there

is something not right going on? I have little trust at this point.

Colette in NJ