Homeroom Case Study Essay

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On Thursday, Oct. 12, nine students at Margaret White Elementary were assaulted by sexual, verbal abuse by an eighth grade male student. Uninformed of the incident that took place that Thursday, Terra Fain and husband Gary Fain Sr., by happenstance learned, of the situation after their daughter, one of the three females involved refused to go to her second period class. Receiving a call from Fain’s daughter’s homeroom teacher, Heather Knutson made the decision to let the parents know that their daughter didn’t want to be in the same room as the aggressor. Upset because the school did not contact her the day of the incident, Fain heatedly shared, “No parents were informed. No one said anything to us, no one called us, nothing.” According to Fain’s private investigation in the matter, she …show more content…
According to Fain, it took the superintendent 12 days to learn of what had transpired at the elementary school.
With her daughter not being safe in the same class with the student, Fain shared the level of vulgarity expressed by the student to Bush and stating she’s not sure if, “he needs counseling or if he’s not mentally stable.” Believing that the unjust actions done by the two schools involved was just another way to sweep the matter under the rug, Fain said, that’s why there weren’t any notes taken when she met with Smith.
Nonetheless, after speaking with the superintendent and having him reach out to both principals, Bush was able to reverse the three-day suspension and get her son back in school at 10:13 on ½ day Wednesday.
“School starts at 7:30 so he ended up making it to fourth period,” Fain shared. As Fain was unaware of her rights as a parent to appeal the suspension any sooner, Fain was upset again due to the vice principal failing to disclose such