Thanks For the Help

I got an email this morning from Ms. Morris, one of the social workers in the school. She went to LJ’s house this morning and brought him to school. He hasn’t been in school for a couple of weeks now. Last time I saw him he told me he wasn’t going to work until the second half of the school year because that’s all he needs to do to pass. Apparently, that’s what he did last year.
I had LJ’s class at the end of the day today. I saw him come into the room but when I took roll he was gone. He showed up fifteen minutes later with a tardy pass, no books, and no materials.
“Where’s your notebook?” I asked.
“Oh, don’t worry about me, I don’t go to school no more,” he responded.
“You’re here now,” I said.
“That’s because Ms. Morris brought me this morning. I’m only coming on days I have P.E.”
For the rest of class he talked out and was mildly disruptive. If that’s all he’s going to do then I’d rather he stayed home.
I missed a mentor meeting early this morning. I slept in. I missed a faculty meeting yesterday (thanks to class). Then, I missed some sort of textbook meeting today due to club activities. At yesterday’s faculty meeting they assigned everyone to committees so that we can have more meetings. Do you think we have enough meetings yet? I don’t know what I’d do if I actually went to them.