My child got detention for walking out

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Anonymous wrote:Yup, I would just tell the kid that the cause was worth the detention and let him/her serve. I do think the school is shitty for giving them detention though.

Why?

OP: I didn't write this, but schools exist to educate our children. This is an opportunity to encourage civic engagement. These kids are finally going to change our idiotic gun laws -- schools should be encouraging that, not suppressing it.

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Yes, a widely shared one. By the vast majority of the American people. According to the polling.

Pollster here. I can get a majority of people to say anything, based on who I talk to, and how I ask the question.

It’s rare that someone admits being unethical. You must be a conservative who does push polling. Deplorable.

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Anonymous wrote:And, the child keeps walking and disappears. Who do you blame, then? Chances are you sue the school.

Its easier to blame the school and gun laws than to look at the real issues and we as parents step up and deal with the real issues.

Hi, the proliferation of guns is the real issue. No amount of whataboutism will succeed in distracting from that message. We are c Mint for your guns.

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Anonymous wrote:And, the child keeps walking and disappears. Who do you blame, then? Chances are you sue the school.

Its easier to blame the school and gun laws than to look at the real issues and we as parents step up and deal with the real issues.

Hi, the proliferation of guns is the real issue. No amount of whataboutism will succeed in distracting from that message. We are c Mint for your guns.

Use a little common sense. If we change the gun laws, who is going to have the guns? Ever heard of prohibition?

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Anonymous wrote:As parents we were told that FCPS wouldn't condone nor stop kids from walking out. They did say that kids who miss class would be dealt with in the same way as any other unexcused absence.

In other words, kids are free to leave, but they face the consequences of missing class. I would rather the school not condone any walkout, regardless of the cause.

Some schools were more lenient, allowing 17 minutes, but any more than that is an unexcused absence.

I think it should be dealt with more harshly, kids should not walk out of school without penalty. They are free to protest, but do it on their own time not the schools time. As taxpayers, we are paying for teachers to be in school teaching them, so it costs us too.

The bloody carnage of the school shootings are on school time so I am OK with the walk out being on school time.

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my kids teachers didn't approve the walkout and saud negative things about those few who did while they're out

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Here's a (surprisingly boring) 30 minute video from the ACLU on student protest: https://youtu.be/Q6ghXMtooV8

Short version: schools may give students the same punishment for an action that involves political speech as they would give for an action that is apolitical. So if students cut class for a protest they can receive the same punishment (per written discipline policy) given to students who cut class to go to the mall. However, they cannot be given harsher punishment-so a school may not suspend walkout students, while general class cutters only get detention, because they would be violating the 1st amendment by punishing political speech. Schools may also choose to waive punishment for walkout students, as they might waive punishment for a student who cut class but had some extenuating circumstance.

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Anonymous wrote:Would you prefer the school give you the option of a one-day out-of-school suspension so it's not an "unlawful detainment"? Or are you just looking to get your kid out of any consequences? Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the schools that are giving kids a pass on this, but part of this kind of civic action is learning and weighing the consequences, so I think your child has been given a very valuable lesson here.

Who should determine the correct political issues for which schools give children a pass?

Any issue that involves children getting murdered at school should be allowed a "pass".

So if, for example, an illegal immigrant kills a student, students across the country will be free to protest lax immigration enforcement and sanctuary cities by walking out?

What about if kids want to protest gang/drug shootings in places like Chicago or Baltimore, which sometimes happen in school yards, and the societal breakdown that exacerbates them? They should have the freedom to do so?

Kids in Chicago and other cities across the country walked out, in solidarity with Parkland, but also to protest and bring attention to the devastating impact of everyday gun violence in their communities.
https://www.10news.com/newsy/on-national-walkout-day-chicago-students-protest-gun-violence-at-home