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[quote=Anonymous]Of course, if DCPS suspends students it needs to own it and report it as such. That said, I'm all for suspending students that deserve it (there is a pretty detailed handbook that outlines infractions that warrant suspension). DCPS wants to play it both ways...they want the troublemakers who make it awful for everyone out of the school (frankly, so do I) but they want to be able to point to nice data points that seem to show they are "reaching" more kids and figuring out ways to avoid suspensions and keep students in school.

No one ever wants to state the uncomfortable truth in DC  that some teens are so out of control that they don't deserve to be in the regular school population. I'm a reasonable and educated person...I can understand that suspension is not a great solution because it further isolates and sends a "you're bad" message. I don't want these kids treated like losts causes...I just want there to be different solutions for them. So they are unable to cut it in the regular high school setting? OK. Let's create some sort of vocation program where they can learn a skill that they can take pride in? Create alternative school options for these hard discipline cases. [/quote]

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