WOW: As this parsha wears on you may see that the only worthwhile efforts will be to help your children. Your anger, etc. over the injustices in the schools and community may feel right, but in the end will not help your children. Learning to be an advocate, so that you can effectively counter poor decisions made on behalf of your children, is a crucial albeit delicate skill, but can sometimes get the child through a hump that can otherwise be disastrous. You may have to go searching for a better school for your son, but you need to know how to speak to any hanhala in defense of your son, and indeed, in defense of keeping a Jewish Neshama on the derech hayashar. The right words can sometimes make a difference, I think. The situation is urgent and the menahel should be made to understand the urgency of not pushing a child over the brink, especially one who is already affected by a sibling who was pushed out. And it is not enough to grudgingly take a child in, but they should put out a special effort to understand and support the child, and help him flourish. Hatzlocha u’beracha, WOW.
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