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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]the news said police have been called to the school 22 times in the past year? [b] this is what you get when you remove SROs[/b]
these kids need some social emotional learning clearly [/quote]

This isn't just an issue of removing SROs. This is an issue of putting kids who should be in alternative placements into gen ed environments. Removing SROs is a convenient lightning rod but it's not the real problem. The real problem is that the pendulum has swung way too far on inclusion and mainstreaming. Those of us who work in education have been saying this since NCLB started. [b]I guarantee the kids who are causing trouble had issues in elementary school well before the pandemic and the administrators there quietly swept them under the rug. [/b]In a high SES district that's usually a mixture of[b] parents refusing to agree to alternate placement[/b] and too many discipline referrals looking bad for schools. The pandemic let a lot of administrators off the hook because discipline referrals magically disappeared when these students were no longer in the buildings.[/quote]

This 100%.  I worked in a NArl ES for many years and was really saddened witnessing what you wrote about above.  On more than one occasion, a student really, really should have been moved to an alternative placement, but the parents refused so they just stayed or transferred to a neighboring school. Therefore, the child wasn't getting the support needed and other students also paid the price.  :(  [/quote]
Absolutely true. It’s very frustrating and a huge cause of burnout among sped staff especially. [/quote]

I’m so sorry you have had to deal with that. I have to say in this particular case it’s not a SPED situation. Hopefully the school is providing the resources necessary to get this person appropriate help. Way too young to be in trouble like this multiple times. And budgets are cutting counselors/psychologists. [/quote]

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