Surviving 7th Grade

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All I prayed for this year was that my son's teacher didn't kill him. You may be laughing thinking "What an exaggeration!" You would be SOOOO wrong. I should start by saying this is a separate classroom for special needs. Most of these kiddos are under a third or fourth grade level. In Sept. the teacher called me in because my child was putting EVERYTHING in his mouth. She asked if he did that at home and why he might be doing it there. I told her he never did it at home and my best guess was that no one was paying attention to him or he was really stressed out. I told her I would need to watch to tell her why. So I thought the tree was taken out of the classroom and they listened to my suggestion of putting food out for him. December my child became an eloper at school. He would leave the room and the teachers wouldn't notice for a couple of minutes(teachers words not mine). So she asked me why he was leaving the classroom. Really? I thought these teachers had special training. Turns out with a ratio of one teacher with two students no one is watching my child! He was actually leaving the room to calm down. They don't have a sensory room so the kids can have a break. After a month or so, and me threatening to sue if my child leaves the room and gets hurt or eaten by the alligator, the teachers finally put up a bell so if the door is opened the bell jingles. FINALLY. My son doesn't like the noise so that stopped him immediately. So now we are into April. Only the rest of the month and May to survive! So now the worry is him still eating stuff. I had to pick him up and take him to the doctor for eating moss that splintered in his mouth and tore up his cheek and tongue. They didn't know where he got that. Next, I had to pick him up and call poison control. The teacher brought in a poisonous (to small animals) plant into the classroom. Well, my son decided to eat it. Luckily he did not swallow it. Thankfully there was only a couple more weeks of school left. He just had to make it to the end of the year. The teacher was upset she had to get rid of her plants. I told the principals I didn't care if she had plants, there are a lot of plants that are not poisonous. I discovered the school is a glorified babysitter. I bought the classroom books just so the kids had something to read that was on their level. They just aren't used very often with an adult helping with words. I hope there are more private schools that pop up just for the competition to make public schools better. This is just sad!