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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Detentions and suspensions are pointless. They accomplish nothing. They just be gotten rid of completely. Restorative justice is better but isn't appropriate for all scenarios where a response is needed.[b] They need to look at the issues and figure out what to put in place to support the social, emotional, and behavioral needs of their students[/b] and to find consequences that lead to learning and improvement. [/quote]

That is the parent(s) or guardian's job.  School is for education.  [/quote]

+ 1 billion....but that is a VERY unpopular mindset these days.    The more the schools try to do, the less people intrinsically feel responsible to do.  And the less they are doing.   Foist the problems back onto the schools because that is where they are misbehaving and disrupting others.   But the problem stems from home or should be dealt with from there.   In the long run it will solve more problems if our culture begins to believe in personal responsibility again.  
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What's your plan for getting parents to do what you think parents should do?[/quote]

Not the PP, but a mandatory parent or guardian sit-in for a school day. Or at least half day. County-wide. Just like jury duty. Show a letter to employer.  Instead of suspension, the parent needs to come in and spend the day with the student.  Observe each class from the back, watch lunch, PE, etc...

Suspension solves nothing.  The kid sits home and plays video games or stares at their phone.  That is deemed cool.  Parent goes to work, parent doesn't have a consequence.

There is NOTHING cool about your mom, dad, guardian, or grandparent having to lose work for half a day or more to come babysit you in school.  It is humiliating to both of them and I guarantee the behavior would stop VERY quick.  The kid would be mortified and the parent could lose a job over it.  And maybe for the kids it happens to, it wakes the parents up that they need to own their child's poor behavior in school.  If they waste the teachers and other student's time - your time as a parent will be wasted too.  [/quote]

BRILLIANT!!!

This is what is called accountability. Many don’t like that. They will shout unfair for sure. But I think it is what school systems need. [/quote]

How is this brilliant? The parents just won't show up and the student will still face zero actual consequences. [/quote]

I'd say at least half of parents would indeed show up, and it would probably help.

In the Damascus rape case, the ringleader had been transferred from multiple other schools due to behavioral issues. His mother would not do anything about his behavior, so all school officials could do was transfer the problem around. But my guess is most parents aren't like that.[/quote]

The child is not allowed back in the school until a parent, guardian, or grandparent comes.  It is simple as having rules and administration with some balls.

And I am shocked that kids just get moved all around.  If I was one of the parent's of the victims, I would be suing the country and asking for changes.  That ringleader should have been in RICA or just homeschooled if there are so many issues.  That is appalling .    Same thing MCPS does with their sexual predator teachers.  Just bounces them around and ignores the problem.  [/quote]

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