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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]look if we take all the most aggressive students from all MCPS schools and put them in a building, they are going to be scary. But this doesn’t mean we shouldn’t do it. It’s better than EVERYONE in the county being traumatized. They can have tons of staffing and we would save money over having all these dedicated paras assigned to one kid throughout the county.

Even better, maybe special education teachers can return to helping with learning disabilities rather than running from crisis to crisis. [/quote]

This doesn't make any sense. If a child would need a paraeducator in the home school model, they'd need a paraeducator in a self-contained program. [/quote]
What exactly do you believe is the most effective solution to repeated classroom attacks on teachers and students?[/quote]

Why exactly do you believe there's a single answer for every student and situation?[/quote]
Never said that. [/quote]

You asked: "What exactly do you believe is the most effective solution to repeated classroom attacks on teachers and students?"

There is no single solution for all kids and situations. Needs will differ.[/quote]
Step One:
You remove the perpetrator from the classroom.
Step Two:
The mentally ill perpetrator of the classroom violence goes to get psychiatric evaluation and appropriate medical treatment.
Step Three:
When safety able to do so, the mentally ill student returns to school.

Result:
1. Mo more classroom violence.
2. School children can learn.

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It really does appear to be so simple. I don't get why MCPS is incapable of following through on common sense.[/quote]

Your belief that this is a local problem is incorrect. Schools all over the country are currently hamstrung in the same ways by laws and incentives (and a lack of places to send these kids).[/quote]

Where do you want violent kids sent?[/quote]

I was referring to alternative schools, with lower class sizes and specially trained staff. By law all students must be educated.[/quote]

This is the opposite of what LRE is. We used to have segregated schools for kids with needs, we don't do that anymore.[/quote]

LRE is the least restrictive placement. If a child is too dangerous to have in a mainstream class, an alternative placement is absolutely appropriate![/quote]

Not if there is an existing program that serves them within a general ed school [/quote]
Yet you keep refusing to say what sort of program can a school provide for violent kids.

Why? Because there isn’t one. Fess up.[/quote]

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