SUSPENDED!!!

UUUUGGGGGHHHHHH, just after 9am i get a call from Z's school requesting my presence in the principal's office. HE HIT ANOTHER KID.
so i'm driving there & thinking i never went to the principal's office when i was a student. not only that, i don't like going as an adult. wtf is up with this kid!

i get there & have to wait, so i sit & talk w/Z about what happened. it was L again. L was cutting in line & Z felt it was his responsiblity to fix it, so he punched L in the stomach.

we've been trying SO HARD to help him get things right. B's been paying more attn to him, we've been getting him to bed early, we've promised ice cream if he can be good on his class report for the week, B's even started making him better breakfasts instead of just cereal, he wants a hermit crab so we've told him if he can be good we'll get one, we were going to go to 6 flags this weekend, but none of that is worth it to him.

the principal made it very clear that what we were doing at home wasn't working. he also informed us not only did Z hit L in the stomach he also tried to POKE HIM IN THE EYE with a pencil!!! so Z was suspended for today & tomorrow. what's worse is he thought it was a good thing & in his opinion he wasn't wrong in hitting L (because he was trying to correct L's bad behavior).

we explained to the principal that Z had a past with L & they had problems all last year, not that it's an excuse by any means, but this isn't a brand new situation, it's just reached a new (horribly bad) level.
he suggested meeting the counselor & i informed him that i was there the 1st week of school to sign him up & he's already been meeting with him. we ARE aware he has issues, we HAVE been seeking help, we ARE reaching out but haven't been able to figure out what works.