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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]David Grosso has re-introduced his bill to ban the suspension of preK students. On the one hand, I'd hope that there wouldn't be a reason to suspend a child that young. On the other hand, I've heard of some really bad behaviors that the teacher can't handle in class. If it's an issue of keeping other kids safe, suspension should be an option.[/quote]

I would once have agreed to a blanket ban of suspension of PK kids, but I have experienced some behaviors that many of the other options would not address. Moving the child to another classroom would simply relocate the problematic behaviors. I do think that the school and parents and social services at school need to work together to help the child learn appropriate behavior, but I understand that it's tough to do that in a way that doesn't result in the other kids in class getting ignored or abused by the problem child.[/quote]

I don't understand what a suspension will help?  Won't it just throw the kid out of whack and then the behavioral problems will be even worse?  I'm particularly concerned about this because of:
a)the higher rates of suspension among minority students vs white; and 
b)suspension would probably mean either a parent has to take a day off of work (which they likely can't afford and could potentially lose their job) or lack of supervision for the kid.  Either way, it won't improve behavior...

I guess I have problems with suspension in general, but it seems particularly bad for preK students.[/quote]

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