Criminal Intent VS Brilliant Mind

another story.

so my first day at the new job, Jonah starts back as ASA (after school program). the week ends unceremoniously (except for how stoked i am with my new job! =D). so the following monday Craig and I both get calls from ASA, requesting a meeting THAT day regarding an incident that took place between Jonah and a 1st grade boy at school. UGH, our minds began to wander aimlessly at what this could possibly be about! Fine. we will meet with them after school/work at 5:15. well, an hour or so later i then get a call from an officer so and so, who's on her way to the school to meet with Jonah about such and such incident that took place the previous week. okay. time to panic. because i work where i do, i was told to go! well, long story short (or as much as we can make of it)- Jonah felt he was being teased by a few boys (we'll call them the '1st graders'!). well, for reasons we're still exploring, Jonah and a boy happened to be dismissed to the bathroom together and Jonah grabbed a ball pump on his way. he peeks over the bathroom stall and (from his story) tells the boy 'you better stop or Chucky's gonna get you'. (well 'chucky' is a fictional character from some dumbarse 'scary' movie that Jonah's never seen! but he knows of it). well, according to this boy, Jonah 'pointed something at him, that looked like a gun, and said are you ready to die?' Not cool. Now we understand that Jonah continues to deal with the Cooper in our house (life really has changed significantly since Cooper's arrival, God love him!) but this is obviously not the behavior we have taught Jonah, nor will we accept from him. Well, the parents are now so distraught (or, their son rather- apparently experiencing nightmares and continued physical illness because he's so 'scared'!), that at this point (1 week later) they are pressing charges against Jonah! the crime? criminal/terrorist threat! OMG!

Jonah was read his miranda rights (in a way an 8yo might be able to understand them, though Jonah appeared to be clueless) and was 'released' to me, his parent.

we have since received a letter from Probation, requesting our presence for a 'T-bolt' referral. T-bolt= Thunderbolt= an apparent possible life-long 'strike' against his 'permanent record' (like the real one, not just for school!). Fortunately for us, we have a lawyer friend who's got our back because he's experienced a similar situation with his own son. Our instruction that we've agreed on, is to attend the meeting, present Jonah's report card and refuse any offer they present to us, regarding 'rehabilitating Jonah's behavior'. Once we request the matter be forwarded to the DA, our lawyer friend believes no one will waste their time on a bathroom exchange of words between a 6 and 8yo. Phew! but still.

so of course, i have shared my piece of mind with both ASA and Jonah's school by way of letter, how truly disappointed we are at how they chose to communicate this matter to us..... a FULL week after the fact!!! I can't help but think the only reason this situation escalated to the level it did, was because after ASA and the school principal were informed, they chose to ignore it and not inform us. we were not even given the opportunity to show our due diligence as Jonah's parents to rectify the situation- at the time i was meeting with the officer, the parents were over the idea of this!

so now we wait and see. 12/3 is our meeting date. keep us in your prayers!

in the mean time, Jonah spent his first week of grounding, finishing Harry Potter and starting the 2nd book of the series (though i suppose to some, reading would be a treat). no tv. no internet. no friends.

dare i say at this point, that Jonah scored in the 90th percentile of GATE testing!??