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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honest question:  do frustrated teachers wish that schools had more punishment options for students?

It honestly feels like the carrot isn't appealing enough, and the stick isn't punitive enough under the current system[/quote]

I think teachers wish there were options, period.[/quote]

I wish we had more options and more "bodies in the room" help with kids who need more support.  And, when a kid is a danger to themselves or others, or completely disrupt the educational process for others, if that support doesn't help enough, I don't want it to take months or years before that child is placed in a special education setting.  Punishment doesn't work very well.  [b]But yeah, when kids bring in weapons, I want them out.  Period.  When kids assault teachers, I want them out[/b].  [/quote]

That shouldn't even have to be said!![/quote]

Right? And yet a fellow teacher was hit by an unruly kid. The kid also assaulted the SRO. More police units were called as well... and nothing happened. The school system doesn't want the optics of having a CHILD detained by the police. The admins pretty much played the "if you pursue this incident, can you be sure that you did everything correctly in your power to try to stop the kid's escalation?" card. Basically, if you want to press charges, go ahead, but know that we are going to be looking for a way to blame this on you. I don't know what the admins had to do/promise to keep the assaulted SRO from going forth with anything. Maybe it was the child's age (12) that prevented them from their own charges. [/quote]

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