My third period history class- Am I complaining? I think that I am. I looked at my third period class today and eight people were gone- ostensibly for real reasons. I spent a good two hours of my preparation time today trying to track these students down.
The investigation begins. It is as if I do not have enough to do. Of course I expect that all of these students were not doing what they were suppose to be doing. I have a call into the biology teacher. He has a student teacher and he may tell me that he really does' know if Tanner arrived on not. Then I must try and track down his student teacher. Tanner is on a short leash now for a number of infractions, not only in my class but in others.
Here is the latest: as of 3:00 PM today.
*Tanner xxxxxx left at 9:30 to go to a biology test. Did he arrive? Did you release him? At 10:45 AM he is still gone.
Tanner gives me an argument about everything and his behavior is terrible. He is a nice kid, and has the ability to do well but has been crashing in all of his classes lately. I had a call into Roger, his biology teacher, and received the bad news that he never came to take a test.
Update: In class today Tanner actually said he went to Roger's room to make up a test. I don't think that Roger is suffering from Alzheimer's yet.
*Jordon xxxxxx at 9:45 AM said that she was ill and wanted to go to the nurse. Did she ever arrive? What time did she leave? At 10:45 AM she is still gone. Never arrived back. Jordon seems to always get sick in my class. She was doing abysmally then upon calling her parents, I have seen a sudden turn around. I suspect that she really did go to the nurse, but did she stay? I don't know. I must go to the nurse's office at lunch time.
Jordon comes into my room at 1:30 PM with a progress report she want me to sign. "What do you mean never coming back to class?"
She says, "I told you that I was going to the nurse."
I say, "Yea, and you never went to the nurse because I checked."
Jordon: "Well, I went to the library. I didn't feel good."
Me: "Why didn't you go to the nurse like you said you would."
Jordon:"I'm sorry."
Me: "I was just about to write you a referral. I'm calling your mother."
Jordon:(with tears in her eyes)"Oh, please don't call my mother. She will tell me that I can't see my sister this weekend. I'll do anything. I promise. I'll never do that again."
Me: "You bet you'll never do that again in my class. No, trips to the nurse, the library, the office or the bathroom for the rest of the year."
Jordon: "OK, that's fine. Thank you."
Ben xxxxxx left at 9:25 to go to his RSP room. Did he ever arrive? What time did he leave? At 10:30 AM he is still gone? Never arrived back. Ben spends an aweful lot of time in the RSP classroom. That is fine if he is actually doing work. The problem is that Ben's RSP teacher is on medical leave and he has a sub. I walked down to the special ed office. The doors were all open but there was nobody there. The verdict is still unknown. Update: Ben was not in class today.
*Briana xxxxxx, my aid left at 9:45 to show around a “shadow” from Ranch Cotati. Did she have such authorization? Did she ever arrive? What time did she leave? At 10:45 AM she is still gone. Never arrived back. I went to the vice principals' secretary and asked her if Briana had permission to give a tour of campus to this girl who showed up in my class. "Under no circumstances." said Denise in the VP office. Update: I am firing Briana as an aid. She admits she has a bad attitude.
*Jeff xxxxxx left at 9:45 on a call slip to the counselor. Did he ever arrive? What time did he leave? At 10:30 AM he is still gone? Never arrived back. I caught up with Jeff in the library last period with his English class. Because Jeff is doing very badly in all his classes we just had a student study team meeting with his parent, counselor and teachers.
I said to him: "Jeff, what happened? You never returned to class?"
Jeff: "I was seeing Ms. Carol." They never volunteer too much information.
Me: "You were there the whole period?"
Jeff: "Well, they let me out five minutes early and I had to get my book for the next class and blah, blah, blah..."
Me: "You know I'm going to check on this?"
Jeff: "Yea, I know."
Finally, I thought, "Here is a kid with a legitimate excuse."
I went to the counseling office and asked Ms. Carol if she had seen Jeff today.
"No, I haven't seen him at all."
Update: I went to the VP and told him the story. Jeff was called into the VP's office today.
Aaron xxxxxx asked to go to the bathroom. I haven’t seen him for an hour. Never arrived back. I went to see him in his video production class. He swore up and down that he wasn't gone to the bathroom for very long. I will keep a close eye on him from now on. But he slipped through this time.
*Katherine xxxxxx got a call slip. Did she ever arrive? What time did she leave? At 10:45 AM she is still gone? Never arrived back. Update: I told the VP about this situation. The VP called her in. She had the nerve to tell me, "Mr. Lynch, I told you that I was going to the bathroom." "But for the entire period, I replied. What does she take me for?
Those with stars are forbidden from leaving the class even for a bathroom break. They are forewarned and should take care of all needs before class. They have the option of taking a referral to the Vice Principal and some have both.
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