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Last year a student from the shelter was admitted to Pyle.  Same story.  Held back.  Obviously significant issues.  Disrupted a PE class by yelling and disrespecting a teacher, who asked him to stop.  Selling pot at at school.  Eventually arrested and led out in handcuffs.  Sad.  No place else to put someone like this? [b] And we are 'racist' if we don't want this sort of thing in the school?[/b][/quote]

The same story could have been told without saying the student is from the shelter.  Would it be better if the child wasn’t from the shelter and disrupted class and sold pot?  Throwing the background of the child in there could lead someone to believe either only kids from the shelter cause problems or the solution to the issue is not have any kids from the shelter attend the school.  Unless you are trying to say the shelter needs  to provide additional supports and you are leading the way to get extra resource counselors etc, why is it relevant?    If people selling pot at the school (which is a crime)  is an issue, focus on that regardless of background. If children having severe emotional/behavioral issues mainstreamed at the school with no support - focus on how they have the right to an education and get the needed support while other children also get what they need in the educational environment- safety, challenging curriculum etc.  Imagine you have two children - one with severe emotional/social behavioral issues and one without, how would you expect the school district to address both.[/quote]

The challenge is that these kids arrive with significant issues and are often not around very long. The schools don't have the resources to handle them. I don't know how MCPS assigns teachers/aides but these are kids who come and go so probably aren't in the student counts or even the special ed counts that would trigger resources.

While the idea of plopping them into an atmosphere where the students are focused on school sounds like a good one, the gap is sometimes so large that I suspect it's a little demoralizing to them. They are also generally not eligible to participate in sports because their grades don't meet the minimums so they don't have that outlet either.[/quote]

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