What am I going to do with this child? This morning I received a call from the Asst. Pricipal's office. Penelope had to serve detention last Friday for tardies she had accummulated the prior several weeks. During the detention, an 8th grade girl was at her locker, unlocked it, got some things from it, left it ajar while she went into a classroom or bathroom briefly. This is what the tape from the video camera that was recently installed in this hallway showed. Then it showed Penelope walking down the hall, stopping at this girls open locker, Penelope reaching in, into this girl's backpack and pulling out her cell phone, then walking off. Penelope just stole this girl's cell phone!
The Asst Principal is telling me this and letting me know that he had just finished watching the tape. Penelope will be serving one in-school suspension day tomorrow. He also informed me that the parents of this student had called the police and filed a report. He doesn't know if they will be filing charges or not. He does have to call the police and let them know he knows who stole the phone.
I will be picking Penelope up from school. She doesn't get out until 4:00 today because she earned herself another detention for tardies last week.
Is she trying to go to jail?
She committed this crime Friday. She had a good weekend, I even took her bowling and we went for milkshakes, just her and I. She did all her chores, was relatively pleasant to be around. Is that glimness?
