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Well, I think it is complicated.  A child for whom they had to clear the classroom very likely has some sort of behavioural management plan in place.  As the parent of a 1st grader in MCPS, I would not expect to be notified if a situation was dealt with by the teacher/counselor and my child was uninjured.

I also would not expect to be notified if a child was out of control, but no one was hurt.  I feel like the privacy of the child with the special needs trumps my desire to know every detail of my own child's day.  I also have not had any reason to believe, at my child's school, that hitting is tolerated.  It seems to be dealt with by the teacher/counselor/administration and therefore I don't need a special letter home unless my child was actually hurt. [/quote]

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Being at an ED cluster school this happens periodically but the special needs children have aides who help them and it's not as big of a deal as you might imagine. The school sometimes moves students to protect the special needs child from embarrassment not because anyone is likely to be harmed. I would not expect to be notified unless my child was injured which is the same standard the school system adhere to when it comes to non special needs children. DD has been hit several times in the past year but not by any of these students in the program and we were never told. [/quote]

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