And so it goes...

Of course the story couldn't end there. The saga continues. I'll try to make this short:

All day on Monday I keep my shadow (i.e. Jessica) with me. When I take the students to library, I explain the situation to the librarian and tell her Jessica and Rob must not go near each other. When I pick them up Jessica tells me Rob hit her on the back with a book when he was walking by her. I tell her to show me how he hit her. Well, "hit" is more like "tap" when she shows me. I ask Rob if he did it, he says, "yes because she stick her tongue out at me." Jessica says she did not. I tell Rob if he is lying, then he will go to the office. He then says, no. I ask him why he lied and he tells me "I wanted to get her in trouble."
So I know Jessica is going to go home and tell her mom he "hit" her, so I see her in the lobby (of course - she's stalking me at this point. OH, and have I mentioned that my classroom is diagonal from the lobby right across from the office?) and explain what happened. She's pissed, and demands something happen to Rob. She also says that if she's in a meeting with Rob's mom then there needs to be a police officer there because she'll "hit her and I don't care if I go to jail." Hello Ghetto! This mom is P - S - Y - C - H - O ! She's called her daughter "fragile" in front of the child in a meeting. No wonder every time the girl has a paper cut she shows me and acts like it's a crisis!

- So Rob is suspended for 1 day (although if his mom wanted to, she could get the school in trouble because tapping a student with a book is not a suspend able offense in the code of conduct).
- Jessica is now going to gym, art, library, and computers, and lunch with another class. These times differ from my classes prep times, so when my students go to their preps and lunch, guess who stays with me? Those are my breaks and planning time. Now I have to cart her around.
- To top it off, when I went to get my post-conference from my principal, she told me the following:
1. I don't know what kind of parent I'm dealing with and she will not go away. I have to be "on my toes" always.
2. The mother is looking for a lawsuit, and she doesn't care if she ruins my career. (she even said this the day before she apologized to me saying, "I wasn't trying to get you in trouble." um, OK.
3. Any time ANYTHING happens to Jessica I should call her mom asap. Also, write down every time Jessica doesn't follow directions (like when she hugged a teacher this morning) and give it to her mom.

Basically she's throwing me under the bus - she's saying that I need to this mom happy, but if I don't then it's going to be all on me. it's bullshit.

Secretly, I hope Jessica does screw up and go near Rob or not follow directions. Then I can give It to her crazy mom. She's making my life hell right now.