A Return Home

This morning we started a quiet morning in our homeschool. We were getting our work done and enjoying our safe haven. The radio was playing softly in the background and we had all of the indications of a really good school day. Then we heard an announcement that was labeled as “Breaking News”.

Apparently, some kid in a Jr. High in our area decided to text message someone and threaten to use a gun on them. The school immediately notified the police after they received the information and a notice was sent out across the airwaves. The school acted promptly and that was good, but here is my problem…

They did NOT place the school in lock-down. However, parents were NOT allowed to take their children home because they hadn’t been there long enough to get credit from the state in order for the school to receive funds. Are you kidding me??!! They just sold out all of the kids for some money. I am sorry, but if the school is NOT in a lock-down mode and my kid was inside where some kid was threatening someone else with a potential gun, no school is going to keep me from taking my kid home. Oh wait…I already did that.

This is another of the reasons that I am homeschooling my son. We don’t have to worry about lock-downs or lock-down drills. When you have a kid with Asperger’s, it can be quite traumatic to have a lock-down drill, especially the way our school district does them. No thank you. I know he is safe and happy right where he is in our home. He can learn without worrying about some crazy kid shooting up the place.

While we are on the subject, my mother was telling me about a lock-down in her community recently. There was a drug bust in process, so the school went into lock-down mode. That is fine. They need to protect the kids. However, here is my problem with that one…

The business where my mother works was hosting a field trip. When the school went into lock-down mode, the business had to also since there were students on the premises. No one could enter the business or leave and they had to entertain and babysit a bunch of kids in a locked store because the school was in a lock-down. When did schools gain the right to shut down a business?

I am sitting here wondering if our schools have gained too much control over our children. What do you think? Are they out of control or within their rights? What about the rights of the businesses and the parents? Leave me a comment and tell me how you feel about this.

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