Bumps on the Road

Mid-October. The easy days of fall have given way to forboding. Winter is coming. Some things will hold together. Some will fall apart.The shit will show.There was a noticeable tension at the Crossroads today.

M is hostile. Belligerent. Came to school Friday and left with others to smoke a blunt.He was sent home when he tried to come back. On Monday he was back but refused to participate in the morning routine. I sent him out. We met with his mother the next morning. She is trying. I said he must have counseling. He is refusing. After his mother left he was hostile and sullen. He left.

L could not sit still. He was up and about interrupting and inappropriate. Like last spring. I told him to leave. He left then burst back in to get a cigarette from one of the homies. He must come back with his father.

E is back to his old tricks. Self-rightous anger and silence. He is easily offended.

N is back from lock-up. He is not doing well at home. He is not going home. I can tell because he has worn the same clothes 3 days in a row. He is mad at his mother.

B is done for good. We had one last meeting with mother, the PO, and the Therapist. Miss 2 days and we are done. Start therapy. Right after this meeting. He was not happy. He felt set-up. But this is what we agreed in August and now he must. He does not return the next day. Or the next. Now he is done.

We will force a crisis. This is old behavior. It must change. There is hard work to do. We will not continue like this for the year. Do the work. Address the issues or go some place else.