She proceeded to tell me that Troy had gotten into a fistfight with two other boys while they were lined up to come outside. She didn’t have any details, but I found out later from Troy that one of the boys was pushing him and trying to fight him. When Troy tried to go tell a teacher, but then the other boy started punching Troy. They all got talked to by the vice principal about how fighting is not acceptable.
Then, later in his time there, Troy got into another altercation with a little girl on the playground. She was climbing on the rope web, and Troy was in the way. When she asked him to move, so she could get down, Troy told her that he’d cut her head off. The little girl immediately told the teacher, and they pulled Troy out to sit and wait for me. What was worse than what he actually said was that the teacher was under the impression that Troy had said he’d bring a knife from home. He apparently didn’t say that, but that’s why the police got involved. It came down to Troy misunderstanding what the little girl had said and responding in kind, but I still talked to him about how it was inappropriate to say that.
Ultimately, nobody pressed charges, and Troy was let off with a warning. The vice principal said that they don’t take these things as seriously with a five-year old as they would with an eleven or twelve-year old. But the whole affair got me to thinking. That and when the teacher said that Troy had issues getting along with anyone in after-care.
This didn’t seem normal for Troy. So, I asked him about it. He said that everyone in after-care was mean to him and that nobody wanted to play with him, which explained why he was always playing alone whenever I’d pick him up. He said he had friends in his class, and he liked it there. He just didn’t like after-care. I had noticed other changes in him too, like him being moody and sassy in the evening. So, I told my wife that I wanted to find something different for him in the afternoons. We’ll see if it helps.
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