My son got out of his school and they had to call the police.

Wow, incredible it's hard to believe that in a classroom where the teacher is suppose to be having a one to one with a student, that can actually happen. I have noticed that lately the attention that the teachers used to have with children is no longer the same quality, I know that they have gotten ridiculous pay cuts and a large amount have been laid off, but if you got into this profession is because you enjoy working with kids and want to teach them. They have to call you, you are the parent, the parent has to be notified immediately. That was completely wrong in their part.

Well, if you have a question about it.....then you need to go to the school and find out. I totally have your back here, jugsjugs. My 14 year old son has ADD. He is not hyper-active, but had a concentration problem at school. He is on 27 mg of Concerta. He has help with a couple of subjects....I am hoping that he gets rid of the meds for good one day.

Wow!! This would be Frustrating for sure, and something I would be confronting someone about to see if he is in the Best situation for sure. I know you have gone thru a lot with your son, and I continually Pray for somehow things to improve in this way as well. Sure with things like this were not something else you had to be worrying about from now on as well.

Are you saying that the school did not call you? Who rang the police? Your son or the school. If he is one 1 and 1 what is their justification for sending him home? Is this a public school?

It's typical. Don't worry bout it. Ask your son. I'm sure he can tell you. Still I am glad he was ok.

This is just to show you that most people idle on their jobs. I cant understand why that happen. That could have been more dangerous though, you should be lucky nothing never happened.

Why does he keep leaving? Is there any punishment that would deter him? And by punishment I don't mean the teachers and I don't mean spanking (not suggesting that). I was thinking like taking away things he likes to do or something. I would be worried about that boy since he's so mischievous! I'm sure you already are.

The school is really poor with children huh? First of all, they cant handle your son, secondly, keep sending him home as and when they feel like it. While thirdly, allowing your son to escape the school?!?! IT's about time u withdraw him from the school, and write a report to ministry. The school needs to learn via the proper hard way. Who knows, its the teacher whom purposely allow your son out of the school, so that they need say they send him home again?

That is a definite concern! I agree that if the boy is supposed to be supervised one on one there is absolutely no excuse for not noticing he was gone! That is not good at all...It sounds like your son’s school leaves a lot to be desired based on other problems you’ve had with them in the past. Letting the child go missing would be the last straw for me!

Thats definitely their mistake, what the hell, they should have first informed you. They should have first called you up. That surely is a mistake in their part. ~cheerio~

I think that it might be time to try to find a different school for your son. The professionals at the school should be able to deal with your son and with the medical issues that he has, but it doesn't seem that they are succeeding in that. It is a good thing that they had to let you know that he had gotten out of the school, but a situation like that should never be able to happen in the first place in my opinion.

Sounds to me the teacher should be smarter than a 7 year old and keep all eyes on the student. I would have to ask her where she was when all this was happening If the child is suppose to be one on one she should have been right be side him

If in the case of one to one can still happen a thing like this, I can say that the school have to bear the responsibility if anything happen to your son. They should take very good care of your son since they have arrange to take care of him one to one. But anyway, at least your son is safe now.

That sounds pretty poor that any pupil could escape one to one tuition. I appreciate that staff are entitled to breaks etc, but there must be some procedure in place to deal with that?

wow thats pretty scary, i think im going to be super mad if this happens to any of my kid. The assistant teacher should have been more careful on watching all kids and you said he was doing a one on one session with the assistant teacher. was she sleeping while she was watching your kid?

Hi Jugs, Since the school knows that your son has ADHD and needs special supervision then it is obvious that someone was not paying attention. Thankfully your son was found and brought back to the school safe and sound. He was lucky because anything could have happened. Yes, they should have called you to let you know right away. If I were you I would be right up to that school demanding some answers and some assurance that something like this would never ever happen again. One of my daughters used to skip school pretty regular when she was in high school. Sometimes she would come home after school drunk and high. I was in constant contact with the school and questioning them on how it is that she is able to slip out and disappear and no one notices and I never once got a call from the school? Heck, they even tried to take me to court and hold me responsible for her truancy in the neighborhood of 6000.00!! I did fight it and won and the charges were dropped. I just told them that I drop her off at school in the morning and watch to make sure she goes in. She would make it to her first class and sometimes the 2nd and then slip out. Now how can that be MY fault? I also reminded them that if something happened to her while she was supposed to be in their care that they would be finding themselves on the other side of this lawsuit. After that I got a phone call if she was so much as a minute late to a class.

I believe that you should be asking those questions of the principal.

My grandson just turned eight last month. For the first two monhs of school he was a little devil. Throwing chairs and being a pill. He was sent home one day for throwing the chair. We finally got to the bottom of it. He was refusing to take his medication in the mornings. He has to take it both morning and night. He has a mood disorder. The doctor added another medication and now he is fine. It really helps to take the medication.

This child is a trial for all who deal with him. I am sure the school is like all of ours around here, very short handed. But you would think that someone could come up with a way to keep tract of a 7 year old. With all we see on TV about missing children who came to a bad end because they were not watch closely enough I can understand why they called the police. As a parent I would rather they over react then just shrug it off hoping he will show up. Can you homeschool him? We have good programs here where homeschooled children are exposed to many programs for socialization at the same time they have all the benefits of homeschool. Could this be something you could do?

That's terrible. Man, hope you guys do something about this!