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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I heard that expelled and other problem students can be sent to a different school. Is that true? If so, wouldn't FCPS need to provide transportation?[/quote]

It's called involuntary transfer.  I don't know about transportation.

As you might imagine, it typically knocks students off the diploma track. [/quote]

Not really concerned about their diploma. So you can threaten someone at one school and get sent to another? I wonder if they use the AAP buses for shipping off the problems.[/quote]

I didn't think you would be.  Of course, even UMC kids get caught up in this system.  Not your kid.  But maybe his friend?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/suicide-turns-attention-to-fairfax-discipline-procedures/2011/02/14/AB9UtxH_story.html?utm_term=.ca58c1b8eeb4

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/fairfax-schools-discipline-under-scrutiny-after-teens-suspension-for-medication/2011/03/08/ABZBiZQ_story.html?utm_term=.1b32ae53ea1d

https://wtop.com/virginia/2015/05/fewer-students-expelled-fairfax-county-ends-zero-tolerance-policy/[/quote]

FCPS is known for being disproportionate and completely backward about discipline, in an effort to protect only themselves.  I know students who have committed outright ASSAULT who have been allowed to stay in school, at the same school, with little or no discipline imposed, not so much as a detention.  I also know students who have been involved in a large group chat: NOT during school hours, happening NOT more than once, NOT consisting of more than five words, NOT to the person directly, NOT having initiated anything, and who have been accused of "cyber bullying" when that was not the case at all - in fact, it met NONE of the parameters for cyberbullying. Zero.

You tell me, of those two examples, which student is NOT safe at school, IRL. It is really backward. Anything to protect FCPS, at any expense.  I am surprised that parents and FCPS do not get sued more often, but I highly suspect that will be on the uptick before long.  These two incidents involved two acquaintances of mine.  The disparity in results, the lack of priorities, and the negligence of FCPS were/are mind boggling.  [/quote]

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