First day of school
As a parent we want our children to have good school experiences and although we know there will be trials just like at any other place we still hope that our kids will be safe and happy.
Well, the 2019 school year started out fine for Riley. He was excited to be back in school.
As is our tradition, Jacob came along with us.
He's looking so handsome!
About three weeks into the new school year Riley began having issues with a particular boy. There's a lot of immigrants from Africa and the Middle East. Riley had a misunderstanding with a boy, unpleasant words were exchanged but then this boy proceeded to get physical, he kicked Riley on the mouth and a tooth got loose. About an hour later his tooth fell out. Thankfully, it was a baby tooth. However, this behavior is unacceptable and so we requested a meeting with the principal.
The principal gave us a bogus excuse regarding the boy saying that fighting is part of their culture where he's from. I then said, well, he lives in America now and he should know that assaulting people is not the norm here. The principal continued to defend the boy. Jacob and I were very upset and so we made the decision to move Riley to another nearby school.
We got in contact with this principal from the other school and his personality was completely the opposite from the other principal at Riley's old school. He accepted Riley's transfer immediately and Riley began at the new school the following Monday.
We met up with Riley's new teacher and she was very friendly and understanding. We had open communication with her constantly. We liked that.
So here he is on the first day at the new school.
Well, for the whole six months he was in class he had a great experience then, the stupid corona virus hit and well, it took him and us a while to get use to the new online routine.
Lord, shine Your light on the path You want Riley to take.
Help Him to trust that You are always with him.
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