Ms. Quinn worried that the other students would find the boy weird. Through journals they were required to keep, she found that in fact many of his fellow students had loved his topic and learned a lot. She copied some of the best journal entries and one day handed him the stack. It can be as simple as that. The school can't mount 3,000 individual programs to reach each student.
Administrators say their goal is to be welcoming and provide recognition and respect.
Mr. Swanson is the new kid in school, assistant-principal wise. This is his first year at Naperville. He'd heard from a parent that a bomb threat had been posted on North's computer system. A quick search revealed that the story was true. But in the post-Columbine world such words are taken seriously.