History:
L was swinging at the park on Saturday and a unrelated child ran in front of his swing. He was swinging very high and came to a complete stop, I was right there and he collapsed into my arms rather than falling on the ground. He bit his tongue, had a loose tooth and hit his head pretty hard. After 15 minutes or so sitting with me he wanted to play more so he did that for a few but then didn't feel good. He fell asleep in the car on the way home, once home I woke him up, checked his eyes and let him go back to sleep. I continued this every half hour. About 2 hours after hitting his head he vomited, then again 1/2 hour later vomited again. About 1 1/2 hours again after that he vomited again. He seemed coherent though when I woke him up. I ended up calling the doctor and checking in and then continued to wake him every hour to walk, look at me and smile. No more vomited. About midnight he woke up and ate and acted normal.
Monday:
I get to school at 2pm to pick him up from Spanish and receive a "head injury notice" with no description of what happened and it says I was called. I wasn't however. The injury happened at 12:10, the nurse made the decision to wait for me to pick him up at 1, however wasn't informed that he was in spanish until 2. So he wrote that he contacted me at 1, but then didn't have any interaction with me. I happened to have his cell number and called after I got L. He apologized profusely. In addition no one checked L's blood sugar. This morning I spoke to the person on duty during recess, she didn't see what happened. L had reported to me that Matthew had pushed him off the swing and pushed him at the monkey bars. It was at the monkey bars that he hit his head. L reports that this happens a lot from Matthew. I told the office person of the 3 time now he hit his head (on the sink this morning was the 3rd) and that he needs to be kept a closer eye on and I don't want him and Matthew playing together. She didn't indicate whether she would be communicating this forward and was more concerned about him just not going on the playground. I then talked with his teacher. She said this was the first she heard of it. She also said this was the first she heard of Matthew bullying him, though they had been having problems with Matthew. I said this must stop now, I don't want L playing with him or subjected to him. Her response was she can't open the child's head and change him. I said of course not, but you can protect the other children. The overall feeling I was getting from her was that she has too many children to be that attentive to one. I don't feel like L is safe. This is on top of many other issues happening at this school, which I will write on later. (unreasonable reading material, inappropriate library books coming home, coats constantly left on playground, barking at children...) I don't feel like there is any communication happening between adults that are on recess duty. If there has been an ongoing problem with this child why hasn't he been more closely watched? She indicated that apparently it needs to become more of an all school issue, but if other people watch at recess, they should have know about the situation! The district nurse called and with the past few days wanted L to not go rake leaves today. She said she was basing this suggestion on history rather than how he was acting (he seems fine during her interaction with him before calling me back). So she doesn't want to be legally liable for any issues so she is recommending he stay behind (my interpretation). I said I think he should go if he is acting fine, but he should WALK on the sidewalk and be holding an adult's hand (O is the helper today) and be kept near an adult during the whole trip.
I am so frustrated that he is not being nourished in a loving way at school. His teacher seems exhausted with teaching Kindergarten, she seems inattentive to the needs of the children and frustrated with them, but then isn't showing them examples of how to act more loving with each other.
