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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So much of the report is horrible and incomprehensible, but I can’t get the imagine of the grandma and little boy who was waiting in the office out of my mind.
The principal and vice principal thought they could have an active shooter at the school and they literally just let a young student fend for himself rather than quickly grabbing the kid and pulling him into the office.
It’s horrifying.[/quote]

We expect all teachers and administrators to teach, to be miracle therapists and social workers, and also to be better security guards than trained police.  And then we are horrified and furious when they do not succeed.

These administrators were not admirable - [b]but the situation with the 6 year old was beyond anything they should have had to handle[/b].  [/quote]

Did you actually read the report? All of it? Because these admins had plenty of opportunity, basically over an 18 month period preceding the shooting, to appropriately deal with the student. These people knew this student was "beyond anything they should have had to handle"; however these trained educational professional administrators, including the assistant principal who has her doctorate, actively, willingly and purposefully let that boy continue in the school in 1st grade, made unconscionable accommodations to keep him there. This wasn't a one, two or three times off. So just stop. They knew they couldn't handle him and that the school wasn't appropriate. But yet they refused to transfer him or find an acceptable solution for him and the rest of students and teachers.

WITW is wrong with you?[/quote]

FAPE, LRE, etc.  As well as statistics re URMs, and budget issues.  Do you know what those are?

Do you want every 5 year old who is a handful to be excluded or written off permanently?  Or only some of them?  This child is worse than others, yes, but still one of many trouble kids, some of whom need a different setting and some of whom will grow out of it.[/quote]
Jesus, describing this kid as merely a “handful” is the understatement of the century. And yes, he absolutely should have been excluded from mainstream education settings given the level of violent behavior he exhibited. Let’s also call a spade a spade here, this administrator ignored the warning signs that day because she thought Abby Zwerner was just a white lady constantly overreacting to the behavior of a young black child. [/quote]

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