Ok, some of you might have read two previous threads on this matter. They’ve both been taken down now because of ongoing police investigations, so I can’t go into too much detail.
Anyway in a nutshell DS was attacked by a kid with a metal chain on the way home from school two days in a row last week. The boy was in uniform and as it was directly on the way home, had been carrying the weapon during school. There have also been other incidents that have taken place out of school, the most recent of which was an assault and attempted bike theft that involved metal chain boy plus other boys who go to the school. Other elements of this violence have leaked into school from the other boys too.
Metal chain boy has now been identified and excluded for three days. School are supposed to be liaising with the police over the identities of the boys as part of their investigations into the above incidents. They’re also supposed to be looking at CCTV for visual evidence of the boy having the chain. Last week they were looking at the wrong day, so yesterday I corrected them although they’d already been told. They said they’d follow it up but I’ve heard nowt.
I kept DS off yesterday because he’s terrified to walk alone. HOY called yesterday afternoon just as I was on the way out to the police station so I didn’t have time to quiz him but he said to send DS in this morning because they have a plan to keep him safe.
Anyway DS went in this morning. HOY wasn’t there to meet him as promised so the y7 mentor met him instead. Basically the plan is to keep DS in the library during break and lunch, let him move from lesson to lesson 5 minutes early and let him go home 5 minutes early.
For a start this doesn’t sound fair. Why should DS have his movements curtailed because of the bad behaviour of others? It also singles him out massively and impacts on his lesson time. School have given me no Indication of how long this is expected to go on for, in fact they’ve not contacted me at all. I’ve emailed HOY, head of safeguarding and head of behaviour this morning and had no response; I’ve called this afternoon and been unable to speak to anyone, and the receptionist said she’d pass a note over to get them to call back but nobody has.
So I’ve had no update on CCTV so I don’t even know if they’re doing what they said they would; I’ve had no word on what if any contact they’ve had with the police; and I’ve had no contact about how long DS will be effectively isolated from the rest of his peers.
I’m apoplectic, I’ve had to chase them continually and they’re still not communicating with me. AIBU to say they’re completely inept? On Sunday evening I was told by head of safeguarding that a meeting would be arranged to discuss al this, no such meeting has been arranged. What else can I do to get the school to communicate with me?