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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP here, and I'm with PP in calling the poster racist. Like this gem:

"the bullies are learning that from being in environemnts [sic] where they are wathcing [sic] violent and sxual [sic] video games in the home, experiencing and witnessing violence from their moms and their boyfriends and then taking that learned behcaivor [sic] into a classroom. No thanks." [/quote]

Excuse me, the same sort of thing can be found in tons of homes with white families in this country.  It just so happens in DC that because of SES it more often happens with black families here so this has nothing to do with racism. Stop making everything about race when it is not.[/quote]

I agree that poor behavior transcends race. I stand by what I said about this issue though. Black preschoolers are disproportionately suspended. I'm sorry that those facts do not comport with your worldview. If children are so violent that they cannot be in a classroom, the school does what it can. As far as I know, there is no comprehensive discipline policy for all of DCPS preschool. My child's school has a policy that involved positive behavior reinforcement, even for older kids. Despite its high poverty rate, as far as I know, that policy has been relatively effective at redirecting problematic behavior without employing suspensions or expulsions, even in extreme cases like what happened to my daughter. [/quote]

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