Who is supposed to run after young students who run away from classrooms?
I have a runner. When he gets upset or bored he will leave the classroom and run back home. His house is 10min walk away. I have tried to block the classroom door but he gets aggressive. I have also said things like "math is almost done, in ten minutes we are going to the gym. Can you read your favorite comic book?"
He will yell no F you and run to the main door. In the past I have let him run, notify the administrator and kept teaching. But his mom is worried he will go home when shes not there or he might get into a car accident. She told us we have to supervise him and even wrote a threatening letter to the district.
Administrator and special ed teacher will only run after him when he runs away during recess. Also we are not allowed to hold his hand and bring him back to the school. We are supposed to run with him, office calls his mom and she convinces him to return to school or she let's him stay home.
I am in my first trimester (haven't announced my pregnancy yet) and I dont feel like running after him anymore. Other teachers dont want to either. What options do I have?