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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They need a special school for kids that don't belong in a mainstream classroom. I'd like to think these are extreme cases. My kids go to a focus school and have never had experiences like the ones on this thread.[/quote]

What grades?  Dig a little deeper.  Seriously.  Ask your kids if there are any kids who have been in fights or act out by yelling in class.  You might find out more about what is actually going on.

Or, maybe you are super fortunate and don’t have any issues at your school.  Which I find surprising, because this seems to come up in Focus Schools and Title 1 schools AND the W schools.  [/quote]

+1, honestly. I would have said there were no such issues at our Focus School back when my kids were still in early elementary, and before I had a boy in upper elementary, but now I'm concerned. The students haven't changed, but we lost a veteran principal who had basically been able to hold back the Restorative Justice tide, and the the difference has been disheartening.

I want restorative justice to work, and I am deeply concerned about the schools-to-prison pipeline, but the move away from accountability for kids at our school is directly tied to the introduction of this new program. [/quote]

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