Aisha Roscoe

And that's what Walt got, those separate classrooms.

I mean, and that's so disappointing, right?

I mean, but all the suspensions, all the missed schoolwork, it just, it didn't happen.

I mean, so still the chaos and the disruption.

I mean, that's for anybody that is so difficult to maintain.

But imagine being a teenager, a kid trying to deal with all of that.

I have to wonder, like listening to a story like this, like, is there more that the school could have done or Mr. K could have done?

I mean, recognizing that Walt does bear some responsibility for staying out of trouble, but still it does feel like the odds were stacked against him.

But that wasn't an option for Walt.

I'm definitely rooting for him.

Lori, thank you so much for bringing us this reporting.

Thank you for having me.

This episode of The Sunday Story was produced by Raina Cohen.

It was edited by Jenny Schmidt.

It was engineered by Kweisi Lee and fact-checked by Greta Pittinger.

Music from Seymour Sound.

A big thanks to Louise Treyez for shaping the original reporting and to Sarah Wyman and Dan Gurma.

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