A kid brought a gun to middle school; the school responded by having a meeting for parents. Kid was not expelled. This was at Longfellow middle school last year. |
I taught at the alternative program for a county in Maryland for five years. It often takes a long time to get expelled, like at least a year of the original school trying to show interventions first. So kid may be tearing up the school, cussing out teachers, for a long time. Now if a kid does some thing obviously illegal like bring a firearm that can be an immediate move to the alternative school, but that decision has a process and may require involvement with a judge first. The process always favors finding the best solution for the student to be successful. Some kids want to get expelled in order to go to a smaller school. Real sad. Other kids are obviously dangerous. Just lose their head when they get upset. I had one kid kill his own two year old when the kid wouldn’t stop crying.
These kids often move around a lot. The families and the kids can be master manipulators. Our country said if you came from a different alternative program then you would transfer into our alternative program. The kids usually need a lot of support and therapy, something regular schools usually suck at. |
That is crazy. |
Two cousins from a fancy NYC private school, where they were legacies. |
+1 This is not expulsion! This is a child with special needs who moved to a different school that could support them better. |