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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t know whether restorative Justice works, but detention and suspension definitely does not. Why are parents so insistent on wanting bullies suspended? Do you think that will stop the bullying? It does not.[/quote]

Suspension works! It works for the rest of the school who gets a break from the misbehaving student. Teachers can then teach and students can learn. It also serves a warning to other students to behave. We are focusing too much on the students who are running amok, disrupting classes, threatening and assaulting others. Juvenile incarceration/probation has decline by 70% in this country. Where do you think those students are now? They aren't in juvenile jails, they aren't in continuation schools as those have been closed as well- they are in your local public high school. Now schools are dealing with them, except they aren't. It doesn't look good to have high suspension rates, so those kids wander around school and are constant disruptions.

If people really knew how much is swept under the rug and hidden from parents. Ask teachers- we all love suspensions![/quote]

Exactly.  Forgive me if I really don't care about the bully's educational outcome.  The REST of the students get to learn, without distractions, or worse - bullying.  [/quote]

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