Lucas went back to school last week. There are some new children in his class this year, and one of them is a kid that Lucas has a real problem with.
Lucas’ teachers are very concerned about this. The child actually joined the class at the beginning of summer session, and the teachers observed Lucas “shutting down”, spending more and more time with his head on his desk, just to avoid the other boy.
They’re worried about Lucas losing ground over this, as am I. He’s come so far, further than we ever dared to hope, and we don’t want this situation to stop him!
The ironic part is that there are now enough kids in the class (8) that, by our Delaware State Code, it’s supposed to be separated into two classes, which would put this other child away from Lucas altogether. I guess we’ll have to see if they add another teacher, and pray. A lot.
In the meantime, Lucas is beginning his day working with me at LucasWorks. He’ll work from 9 until 10:30, then I’ll take him to school in time for lunch. This limits his exposure to the other child, in addition to beginning a seque into his “after school” life of working.
Too many of these children must be so traumatized when school ends and they don’t understand why they can’t go anymore. We reasoned that this way, Lucas can begin to adjust to spending less and less time at school, and more and more time getting paid to work (which means money for movies, the mall, etc!)
We’ll see how it goes…
