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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I work at a different nearby elementary, and I can believe this all occurred. The thing is, the vast majority of our kindergartners and 1st graders are great. There are just a handful — maybe a couple in some classes, none in others — with serious emotional issues or undiagnosed disabilities. Yes, it’s more than we used to see. It’s hard. [/quote]
I agree. There was a girl in our K who was out of control—threw a heavy object at the teacher who had to go to the hospital as a result, explosive tantrums, threw metal water bottle (missed the student in this case), physically attacking other students. So all the same behaviors on this thread, though a different ES. The principal in this case however handled this situation well and the girl is no longer terrorizing the school. I like the girl and the family but she needs intervention. The principal can make a difference in how these cases are dealt with.

A full metal water bottle is like a kettlebell.[/quote]

What did the principal do that you felt was effective? It’s very hard for parents to respond to the principal’s vague reassurance she is “handling it” and doing everything she can when we hear about these incidents over and over. Most of us don’t have the sort of in-depth knowledge of MCPS’s Byzantine system that would be required to know whether that’s pure BS or something is actually being done. I understand that privacy rules mean she can’t say much more, but it leaves us in a position of feeling like our only solution for *our kid* is to flee the system. [/quote]

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