Aisha Roscoe

Like, and especially for teenagers, you can be very impulsive and not see kind of the bigger picture.

And it seemed like he was doing well.

So does this mean that he couldn't finish high school, that he had to drop out?

So nothing has really changed for kids with EBD?

And how did that go?

Well, it sounds like mainstreaming, like being in the classes with other kids who weren't EBD, like that that made all the difference for him.

Why wasn't that something that could have happened for Walt?

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.