The student I have referred to elsewhetre in this blog was sent home with an electronic moitoring device affixed to his ankle and ordered to return to court on the 27th of this month.
His mother, his mentor and I discussed at that court hearing that he should start on a regular educational program since he was just sitting at home with nothing to do. When he returns to court on the 27th the judge will decide on the final disposition of the case.
I e-mailed the mother once advising her that an educational program (reading a certain amount ewvery day) would make the judge feel better about the kid. No response.
I emailed the mentor and also telephoned him, He agreed that we should get started. However, after that there has been no meeting scheduled by the mother or the mentor.
It would not surprise me if this kid ended up in California Youth Authority on the 27th because these two adults have done nothing to make his chances of staying out of prison better.
Obviously I cannot push it further. It is up to them to want what might save him from CYA.
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its pathetic that the mother doesnt want to help the kid stay out of jail and all.
The mother wants to help the kid, I have discovered, but I think there is some kind of mental illness going on.
She, the kid's mentor, the kid, and I finally got together at their place yesterday. They live on a ground level apartment where the "friends" who got the kid into trouble come around to the windows and won't leave the kid alone. Because of this, they are moving elsewhere in a week or two. Meanwhile we are putting the kid on a reading program -- short stories by Jack London, H.G. Wells "The Island of Dr. Moreau," H.R. Haggard's "King Solomon's Mines." The kid visit's his parole officer in a week. There is a court hearing on the 27th to determine if he will go to California Youth Authority or what. Right now he wears an anklet around his ankle and if he goes out of his home he will be hauled in by the police and spend the rest of his time before the 27th in J. Hall.
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