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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DCPS struggles to provide a safe learning environment. Not sure what the issue is. Don’t they have an alternative school for kids who have bad behavioral issues? Or was this unique to my school district growing up?[/quote]

They do have alternative school for kids with behavioral issues or who are caught doing things like drug dealing on campus. Placement can be a lengthy process, however. [/quote]

And students and their families have more legal rights to contest placements than they did when you grew up. And if behavioral issues are due to a disability, the school district has to try multiple interventions before such a restrictive placement can be made, including potentially filing a legal case against a parent who disagrees with sending the child to an alternative school.

It isn't simple. And the administrators cannot legally tell the victim's families what exactly they are doing or what they root cause is.

HOWEVER, if your child is being bullied and the school can't get it under control, you can seek a placement at an OOB school for safety ground and they are usually granted. It's what the chancellor discretion policy is supposed to be used for.[/quote]

Oh good to know because I feel like there is nothing offered to victims. I get the impression DCPS just doesn’t GAF about the kids who must deal with the bullying/physical assaults.[/quote]

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