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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have read the MCPS code of conduct and discipline policy and it  seems to be saying that out of school suspensions should not be used unless efforts to keep the kid in school really are not working.   The document talks about things like restorative opportunities, opportunities for apologizing, peer justice, etc.  These all sound like great things but our middle school keeps suspending my kid for nonviolent offenses such as  talking back with inappropriate  language  and disobeying requests from staff.  They’ve never given them a behavioral plan, they’ve tried to work with him but today I had to ask if he could even talk to a counselor before he was booted out the door on his suspension. They don’t seem to offer anything but out the door you go. Come pick him up.  Has anyone found that MCPS handles suspensions a little more lightly than I am experiencing?  Have you ever complained or fought the suspension and how do you do that in MCPS?  In my opinion suspension is just stupid unless the kid is a physical threat to someone at school. Sending him home for a few days does nothing to help him change his behavior and I thought MCPS was getting that point. [/quote]

If your child is white or Asian, he is out of luck.  MCPS trys to reduce the suspension rate for blacks and hispanics now.  They can neither keep the troubled bl and hispanic  students in the classroom or suspend more white or Asian students so the rate of bl and hispanic students being disciplined will go lower.  You need either find a lawyer to navigate the system or find a private school for your ds. [/quote]
Or maybe her kid can start behaving himself.
Black and Hispanic kids get suspended from our school, so stop the trolling.[/quote]

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