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It has come to our attention that my child's classroom has a gifted child with social issues.  He will attack other kids, throw desks and disrupt the classroom.  Apparently this has been doing on since the beginning of the year but we just learned of it.  We have asked our kid to tell us when these incidents happen and what they are. It happens as infrequently as once a week and as frequently as three times a week.  When an incident happens they clear everyone else from the classroom and they sit in the hallway until the kid can be calmed down.  No one can touch the kid and a counselor and principal are brought in.

I started talking to some friends in other FCPS and apparently this is more of the norm than what I would believe or even thought.  I know I am coming off as insensitive and I am not the parent of this kid with issues -- but 25 other kids are suffering in their education.  How is this fair for the teacher to have these kinds of disruptions on such a regular basis.  And, what is my recourse if this kid hurts my kid since apparently he almost hit another kid with a chair (but missed) in one of these outbursts.  He has pulled a kids hair and shoved another.[/quote]

This is a result of activism.  The disruptive kid can not be removed from the classroom.  That is considered "exclusion."  Teachers can only use positive methods of discipline.
Sometimes, these kids have serious disabilities that lead to this behavior, but must be mainstreamed.  He's probably labeled "twice-exceptional."

I taught years ago.  There have always been kids who behaved like this--although, there appear to be more now.  There is also a difference in a "discipline" problem and a kid with special needs.  Some kids are just troublemakers because they are spoiled or neglected.  Others cannot seem to help it and the parents, too, are likely desperate.
But, these parents have no understanding of what this disruption does to others.  It's the death of common sense.  Kids like that need to be placed elsewhere if this happens regularly.  [/quote]

:roll: So much ignorance here. I don't believe that you taught in schools, because then you would know the problem is lack of funding for appropriate training of staff and also lack of more appropriate placements. No parent is ok with their kid having multiple violent meltdowns that require a classroom to be cleared out. That parent is desperately fighting for their child to receive appropriate services that can actually effectively address the issues at play. But those services take money and schools are working with a finite pot.

OP,[b] your child deserves to be comfortable and safe, as does every child in that class, including the child who is acting out. When a child in the class has unmet needs that lead to interruptions and dangers for everyone, all the parents are on the same side.[/b] It's "insensitive" to speak about the other child as if he is a problem that needs to be removed. It is not insensitive to go to the principal and express concern about that child and your child's safety and how these disruptions are affecting them. Sometimes other parents speaking up are the push principals need to get additional help or make changes.

Of course, for privacy reasons the school will not be able to tell you anything about the other child: what they are trying, what the issue is, etc. They likely will not even be able to confirm which child it is. But that's ok, you don't need that information. Just let them know that you are aware and concerned about it.[/quote]

Tell that to the parents of the kids shot dead by the Parkland shooter.  This was a kid who acted out for years in the classroom and the school system did nothing.[/quote]

The parkland shooter went to at least one alternative school. I guess they aren’t magic cures.[/quote]

The school stopped all services for the Parkland shooter the year his mom died.  They were criminally negligent.[/quote]

Those schools, if you've ever visited are holding cells till the kids age out.  They don't really have good teachers or mental health services and not all parents do outside help.  [/quote]

Right...because these are SCHOOLS, not mental hospitals or treatment centers. They are SCHOOLS.[/quote]

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