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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another glaring problem here in terms of teachers being hesitant to act without permission from school administrators is fear of action by the Office of Civil Rights when the child is a young African American male. [/quote]
I do think white teacher/black student played a part in this mess. [/quote]

The mother said that her son actually really liked Abby Z in an interview. It sounded like the precipitating event for the phone smashing and her getting shot was telling him to sit down and not giving him attention. In one interview, the mother basically blamed Abby for instigating the phone smashing incident because she wasn't giving him enough attention. [b]Definitely a complicated dynamic with the teacher.[/b] [/quote]

And the kindergarten teacher he choked? This kid has very very serious emotional and behavioral problems, along with drug using parents. He should have been in a specialized classroom for children with his level of problematic behaviors. Can you imagine how fortunate this school system is that he didn't shoot one of his classmates? It's highly doubtful he had an IEP. Terrible choices were made by these inept and incompetent administrators and this school system's administrators who chose to downplay the severity of this child's difficulties. [/quote]

But what specialized programs exist for kids this young with this level of behaviors?  It's easy to say that he should have been in a specialized classroom, but if there aren't any, I don't see how that is a solution.  [/quote]

I can't speak for Newport News School System's lack of resources, but our school system in Georgia has special needs preschool and kindergarten classes for children with severe emotional and behavioral issues. Every school system should have them for elementary school children. Required by law. Not sure how they're getting away with not offering appropriate evaluations, services, and supports.

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Having them is one thing. You need both available space and parents to sign off on placement [/quote]

Yes, parent consent is needed; but it can be pursued through legal channels. Lack of space is no excuse in the eyes of special education laws. [/quote]

It's not that simple.  If placement doesn't exist, there isn't a duty to create it.  And schools are not penalized by the courts when placement is ordered and no one will take a child.  I don't know what happened here - whether nothing existed, whether there was no space, whether parents impeded admission to an appropriate placement.  Or even whether we don't know what a 6 year old who is this disturbed needs.  Maybe it will come out in court.[/quote]

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