Buchwald replied in two days.

I have that too.

It says — and this is close to verbatim, I am working from the document — that he appreciated my reaching out, that ninth grade is a difficult transition socially, that he would ask Julian’s teachers to keep an eye out, that Julian was welcome to come to the office at any time, and that sometimes these things resolve themselves as students find their footing.

That is not a bad email.