IS THIS BULLSHIT OR APPROPRIATE?

[HairOfTheDog]

There's your sign...

I agree with you, Duchess and user.

The kid was reportedly "evaluated" for 2 weeks and cleared before being readmitted to the school. I'm assuming that means a psych evaluator determined that his stories were purely fictional and not something he would contemplate carrying out in reality.

Even so, we all know psych evals are subjective, the people being evaluated can sometimes lie convincingly, and psychology is nowhere near an exact science.

I wonder what can be done next. If he's expelled, I don't think he should be able to transfer to another school without full disclosure. That's just transferring the risk. Should home schooling be required? Would it even be legal to keep him out of public school for writing a piece of fiction outside of school premises, especially given that he's apparently been declared "not a danger"? I think the school board's hands may be tied here.

Hopefully, the kid would never harm a hair on anyone's head and was just stupid to use real names in fictional story-telling. But, I don't blame parents and other students for being cautious and assuming the worst -- it would be awful if those stories were fantasies that he would act upon if given the chance and a big flashing warning sign was ignored (again).