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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't know a single teacher in my elementary school who finds RJ to work.  I know we're just one school but our building has become a disaster with student behavior issues like PP have mentioned.  We have 2nd graders cursing out staff, hitting staff, throwing things at people, running laps around the building...you name the chaos, we have it.  
Aside from students who genuinely need special services, we did not have these issues when parents were inconvenienced by a suspension and intake meeting after the third offense. My poor teammate has been dealing with a war zone in her room since September and the kids know that they can get away with literally anything at this point. The future is not looking bright for us right now.[/quote]

School need to call parents and tell them to come get their kids.  Simple.  If parents also don't know what's going on they cannot do anything about it.[/quote]

Parents lose their jobs leaving to go pick up kids. Sick kids stay in the nurses office until buses come. If a child didn’t get themselves on the bus in the AM, there is no way to get to school. Many have no wifi. Many parents are embarrassed and avoid the school. Many have mental health issues, over worked, exhausted and some are abused. Some are a month away from losing their lease on an apartment.

You have no idea what lower class struggle is like. I am not rationalizing kids behaviors but many of them are barely being raised and have so many home issues. The separation of wealth in this county and country is astounding.

Schools are not social service 24/7.  The top 5% is destroying our country and our two party politics are puppets to them. People compare us to Finland and Netherlands schools and I just laugh. They are socialist countries that tax 35-40% but have paid 1 year maternity leave, free preschool, free K-12 with meals, free college, and free healthcare for those taxes.  You think the top 5% would ever give 35-40% taxes to help LC or LMC? Heck no. They barely pay with our tax loopholes. [/quote]

You are ill-informed about both government and economics.  I sincerely hope that you are not a teacher.  Top earners in this country are taxed well over 50%.  We provide the following to low income families: 5 year maternity leave (TANF); free health care; free pre-K; free K-12 with meals and many, many more benefits.[/quote]

We probably do pay 50% in taxes when you add up all the taxes, but most aren't getting 5 years of maternity leave and all the things you say.  That is extremely low income. [/quote]

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