I Told Him If He Didn't Feel Safe To Sit By Me

EM speaking a few weeks ago and again last week,  "Miss Gnu I don't feel safe in this room."

"EM if you don't feel safe you can come sit by me or go by Mr. S."

On two separate occasions, EM says to me, "Mr. S I don't feel safe in this room."
"EM if you don't feel safe just come and sit by me."

It's recess and it is too cold to go outside.  When this happens the PE teacher lets me bring the scholars into the gym for about fifteen minutes.  Basketball is the game of choice but not for Yo!.  because he is in his defiant and disruptive mode.  When I inform him his behavior is inappropriate and he doesn't get to play basketball he heads for the door.  Rather than going out the door on his right which leads to an inner hallway of the school he goes out the door on the left.  Once out this door he is one exit door from being outside.  Knowing this I head across the gym.  When I get to the door, he sees me and heads to the exit door.  I look back to check on the other scholars and everything is fine so I step outside the door to check on him.  He is standing with his back to the exit door and is pushing on the door so it is slightly open.  I take a couple steps back to look in the gym and I see NoFouls on top of EM and he is punching him.  I know NoFouls punched him three times but I don't know how many times EM was hit before I noticed what was going on.

The next morning at approximately 8:30am the classroom phone rings.  I recognized the ring as an outside call.  Good morning Room ****, Mr. S speaking.  Parental unit on the phone, why did my scholar come home from school with a bump under his eye?

By far EM is the least volatile scholar in the room and he got punched.  I know I can't be in two places at once but when EM was in an unsafe situation there was no adult close to keep him safe.