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DP. Parents are required by law to send their kids to school. Public schools are required by law to provide all kids a Free and Appropriate Public Education. (FAPE). When the school system itself is unable to do this, the child gets a "private placement" in a school that can provide an appropriate education. When that happens it's not "parents looking to burden taxpayers with the costs of their child". It's actually the school system privatizing its own obligation to provide FAPE because it's cheaper to outsource privately for the smaller number of cases than create the appropriate educational environment in house. It helps the taxpayer pay less overall. Parents are legally required to send violent children to school and schools are legally required to educate them. The school system can provide FAPE in many different ways. Even violent children have a right to be educated in person - not restricted to online school. Schools cannot shift the burden of FAPE to a parent and force them to homeschool. or pay for private school. Typical private schools will not accept a violent child. Typical theraputic schools accept many of their kids thru private placement. |
Recommendations please. What is a safe solution that a parent can provide? Remember the solution must be available to all families regardless of their economic circumstances. |
Apparently, don't have kids unless you have an extra $100k/year to spare. |
No school should have to accept a violent child. Absolutely none. However, publics schools are such a mess that they currently have to. Parents need to raise their children. In most circumstances, if these kids were properly parented, they would not be violent. Any parent sending their violent child into an in-person school should accept responsibility for any and all damages. Safe solutions include virtual school and home school. Shame on any parent who abuses the public school systems. |
Did the parents issue an apology to everyone impacted? |
It's not abusing the public school system. As others have explained again and again, all kids have a right to an education. If you disagree, then lobby to change the laws. But somehow I doubt you'd be willing to attach your name to your ableist comments. |
The laws are wrong. I have no doubt they will change in the next 10 years. |
Again, why aren't you willing to publicly lobby to change them? I'm sure you can find a news organization that would *love* to get you on camera making those remarks. |
Violence in public schools has reached unacceptable levels. We need to protect our children. |
Shame on anyone who wants to keep violent children in public schools. |
In other words, you just like to troll internet forums saying things you'd never be willing to say in real life because you know it's highly offensive. |
The only thing that is offensive is all the damage you are doing to students and teachers everywhere by tolerating violence. |
It's not that I disagree with you. I think all kids should be educated. However, if you pay attention to which way the wind is blowing societally, I can see monitored virtual school in a prison-like environment emerging in more than one state in the near future. |
You should hold a rally. Want me to bring some tagboard over to you so you can make signs? |
+100 |