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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's been my experience that there is very little schools can do about behavior issues before middle school. In fact, our elementary school principal told me that much. A few troublemakers can disrupt an entire school, and get suspensions here and there, but nothing changes.  If suspension is the only tool and it has no impact, what else do you propose the school should do?

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For starters, acknowledge that there's a decent # of kids who should not be on the Gen Ed track. If a kid has serious behavior problems or has an IQ in the 60s or 70s, they aren't going to fare well in a regular classroom past about 2nd grade, even with a lot of extra support. The state has a hard-on about only letting 1% of students be eligible for VAAP (everyone else is expected to take the SOL). That's ridiculous and unfair and schools should push back. Fund more centers and pay people who work there accordingly. Also, don't roll over when parents protest restrictive classrooms or centers and let teachers start cracking down on behavior issues early on.[/quote]

If you want the above to happen, you parents will need to fight back and get the laws changed.  Because teachers have been so disrespected for so long, NO ONE, literally no one, listens to one word we say.  So, parents, if you don't like what is happening in school, YOU will have to do the work of getting laws changed.  Parents of special education students fought long and hard for the rights of their kids.  If you regular ed parents want something different , you'll have to do the same.  
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