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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No dog in this fight, but what do you want the school to actually do?  If the parents don't agree their child is special ed/or has mental health issues, the school has to legally give that child an education, and can't just yank them out of class.

And, I agree it's a huge problem.  I just don't know what the solution is[/quote]

I don’t care if the parents of the violent child agree or not. MCPS has programs for children with emotional disabilities. They have great teacher-student ratios and the staff know what they’ve signed up for. The child will get an education. The school should transfer him tomorrow.[/quote]

The problem is kids come into Kindergarten with no prior experience in MCPS, and it takes time to move them. Things have to be documented, etc. It is a process. Combine this with parents who are reluctant to address the issues, and it can be a real problem. My kids are old (youngest in HS), and they each had at least one violent kid in their grade when they entered Kindergarten. In my younger son's class they could not leave out pencils, scissors, etc. (basically anything you could use to poke or stab someone). We had a lot of paras in that school (large ESOL and learning center programs) so, the school was able to put another adult in the room for some of the day, but now with staffing issues, I can imagine it is brutal in those Kindergarten classrooms.[/quote]

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