School starts tomorrow but we had the incoming freshman for a half-day orientation today. At one point we had them broken down into small groups and I was discussing and answering questions about various school procedures. One girl raises her hand asks to go to the bathroom. I told her that we had a break coming up and asked if she could wait until then. She insisted that she had to go now, so I let her go.
Maybe 5 minutes later, another teacher comes into the room with the freshman girl in tow. The girl had been smoking in the girls' room. School has even started yet and this girl is already smoking in the girls' room. We hadn't even had a rotation in place yet to monitor in-school suspension and Saturday detention because we've never needed it on the first day and first Saturday before, but I guess there is a first time for everything. Wednesday, Thursday & Friday she goes to in-school suspension and then 5 hours detention on Saturday morning. And that's before she even attends her first high school class!
On 9/08/15, Karen wrote: > I had an incident at freshman orientation this > morning that I'm still shaking my head about it. > > School starts tomorrow but we had the incoming > freshman for a half-day orientation today. At one point we > had them broken down into small groups and I was discussing > and answering questions about various school procedures. > One girl raises her hand asks to go to the bathroom. I told > her that we had a break coming up and asked if she could > wait until then. She insisted that she had to go now, so I > let her go. > > Maybe 5 minutes later, another teacher comes into > the room with the freshman girl in tow. The girl had been > smoking in the girls' room. School has even started yet and > this girl is already smoking in the girls' room. We hadn't > even had a rotation in place yet to monitor in-school > suspension and Saturday detention because we've never > needed it on the first day and first Saturday before, but I > guess there is a first time for everything. Wednesday, > Thursday & Friday she goes to in-school suspension and then > 5 hours detention on Saturday morning. And that's before > she even attends her first high school class!
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On 9/08/15, Karen wrote: > I had an incident at freshman orientation this > morning that I'm still shaking my head about it. >...See More