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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Many of the classrooms in title 1 schools are segregated themselves. In my kid's class, the gifted kids are always getting pulled out to join the larger gifted cluster in another class for math etc. Guess who is in the gifted program, all the UMC kids. What is left in the class are the EL and not so smart kids. I know of another school with same issue - hence parents make sure their kids are in the gifted program even if they really are not gifted.

My kid isn't so smart, and I didn't know the game. He is left with a class of kids who need a lot of help and oh man the behavioral issues are insane. No support at home for kids with serious behavioral issues. School can't do anything about it. Teaching is to the bottom.

UMC parent with kid at low performing SA school.[/quote]

The school CAN and should do something about the behavioral problems. It's actually their responsibility. But APS does not do a good job with this.[/quote]

What CAN the school do?  I'm really curious.  Our school has children who are sent out of the classroom every day because of behavior issues.  Obviously, their parents either can't figure out how to control their 8 year old or don't care to because we've had issues for years with certain students.  We aren't private, where we can kick them out.  We aren't a choice school, where we can send them back to their home school.  What can we do that WILL do something about their behaviors?[/quote]

Severe behavioral issues could indicate an underlying disability so may warrant an evaluation for special education. The school has an obligation to find and identify students for special education and if they qualify, they should address behavior as part of the student's plan, with resources such as behavior specialists, a functional behavioral analysis, a behavior improvement plan. Schools can identify triggers to bad behavior, and teach self-regulation/coping strategies.[/quote]

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