Hey y’all. I’m a student teacher in MI. I have a middle school student who I am incredibly concerned about.
Hey y’all. I’m a student teacher in MI. I have a middle school student who I am incredibly concerned about. My MT says she has done everything she can (has talked to the principal) and I really feel like there’s something deeper going on. Is this really not enough for CPS or something else? For context, this student is present about half of the year. It’s a gamble whether he shows up. Once, he was gone for two weeks straight. More on that later. He has turned in 0 assignments this semester. He sleeps through every class, even falls asleep while standing up. He is required to attend an after school support group to catch up on assignments, but never shows. Through conversation, we have found out he is alone with his Mom at home. She works nights. The reason he was gone for 2 weeks is because she had double pneumonia and told us “she kept him home to take care of her”. He’s 12. He is never at school, presumably doing stuff for his mom. He sleeps through everything, and it makes me wonder if he is even getting sleep at home. And if she works nights, who is staying with him at home? Is he at work with her? She clearly does not care about his grades, and it seems like he is a caretaker for her. I am incredibly concerned about this kid. The principal said she’d talk to the mom, but never followed through, (or did, but it didn’t do anything). Am I supposed to just watch this kid suffer and do nothing? I feel like we’re failing him. But I have no job, just a student teacher, and everyone’s telling me there’s nothing to be done. Is this really true? Is this how it works? (Side note, I am usually hesitant in these situations to get CPS involved in general, because you never know where they will end up and if you’re taking them away from something stable. But there’s no way this is stable for him! I’m really worried) submitted by /u/Upset_Dance_8223 [link] [comments]