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[quote=Anonymous]If this was their best example of a charter unfairly kicking out a student, they're not making a terribly good case. They didn't expell the kid. They asked him to stay home (suspension). I'm not a DCPS teacher (and I'd love for one to weigh in here) but I'm thinking that:
1. getting into fights
2. destroying property (tearing posters, knocking over bookcases)
3. Countless summons to the school during the day to discuss child's behavior
4. a "particularly bad week during standardized testing"
Would have led to a suspension for a kid at DCPS as well.
How awful for the other kids in the classroom.
I'm not hearing the mom argue that the kid had a 504 or IEP that was being ignored. Her kid was a behavior problem. Suspension is one tool that a school can use to enforce discipline. It was the first tool that the charter school used, and from the description in the article, it sounds like it was the correct course after the incident with the bookcase--that could have really injured somebody![/quote]

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