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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Actually, it's the breathing room.

I've seen students while volunteering at the school absolutely dread, fight being brought to this safe space where they can calm down, reset and enable themselves fit to return to the classroom. Not somewhere they want to go.

In my own experience, I've seen children provoked by others- so that they can have the antagonizers sent away for a time ... Thus creating a safe space for the rest of the kids in classroom.

What's been heartbreaking is seeing friends children suffer- and exhibit behaviors not replicated outside of the classroom.  Parents and kids both stressed out about. Even kids not directly affected are also stressed.

That extra attention? Meant to create a safe space for all. When kids are frustrated they can act out- cry, whine, get angry. Same emotion,different manifestation. One students behavior can have a cascade effect over the entire group.

Glad the k class is improving- but disheartening to see how quickly calm has come after months of distress. What if the class had been given this opportunity two months ago when it was apparent the teacher was not strong enough??
Hopefully administration will see that quicker action is needed should this happen with other classes.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Actually it seems the school needs to adopt a PBIS (e.g. earning trips to the reading room for instances of positive behavior).

Maybe they are/have, maybe it's not being implemented correctly. But it's both more developmentally appropriate / likely to work in the long run than punishments and consequences.[/quote]

Exactly.  Right now those students who misbehave get special attention while those who do not are punished as a group for the behavior of those who are misbehaving.  The incentive is to misbehave.[/quote]

This is very much the case - I want to love MV so much but my child's classroom is a hot mess[/quote][/quote]

Good lord, does every parent at MV read and post to DCUM? I can't begin to comprehend why people would try to clear the air here. Don't you realize you're just feedings the haters?[/quote]

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