Things Come To A Head with H.

H. has been getting progressively worse. I had him today in 8th Period. In 8th Period, the students are working on making Flash games. These are fun little animation exercises like catch the bug, shoot the alien, find the treasure, stuff like that. H. has not been wanting to participate. He has not been doing anything in any of my classes for about 2 1/2 weeks. I have tried to work with him, getting him to do stuff, but he won't.

Mr. Jewett was in class for awhile this afternoon working on the computer. After about 5 minutes, he kicked H. out of class and sent him to the office, because he wouldn't sit down and wouldn't stop bothering other kids.

As soon as he left the room, the noise level dropped and kids started working.

Mr. Jewett said that I was much more patient than he was. He said that we needed to go talk with Mr. Williams, the principal, about our situation.

We caught up with Mr. Williams right after school and told him what was going on with H. He said that it was not us or our class, that he was doing this in almost every class and that he was spending most of his days in the office.

Mr. Williams said that the school had asked H.'s Grandparents to keep him at home for the balance of the semester (a week or two,) as he has become a completely disruptive force at the school. They have indicated that they cannot keep him at home at the moment, could CLP please keep him through the end of the semester, then transfer him to Mountain View at the start of the next quarter. (Mountain View, or TLC, is the alternative school in town for emotionally disabled or disruptive kids.)

I feel bad for H. and his situation. However, I cannot teach a classroom in which he is present. I have tried. It isn't working. He may be spending the rest of the semester in the office.