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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Schools are really not allowed to suspend and expel students anymore baring extreme circumstances. If a student was throwing things in the classroom, aggressively menacing teachers and other students, yelling vulgarities and threats, a school could physically remove the student from class and put them in a room away from other students. You can't do that anymore and students realize it.

When schools can no longer effectively discipline students then chaos reigns. [/quote]

Why can’t KIPP expel? Because they are a charter?

Another perfect example of why quality education is reserved for the wealthy who can afford private. [/quote]

No, it's not because they're a charter. OSSE, which has jurisdiction over both DCPS and charters, has been making it a lot more difficult to suspend and expel in recent years. From their whole-city perspective, moving kids from school to school doesn't actually help anything. There's also a city law (Student Fair Access to School Act) that had some changes in 2018. https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/laws/22-157

Having said that, it totally still is possible to suspend and expel middle and high school students-- I'm not sure about elementary expulsions. It's just a lot of paperwork and a timeline with appeals etc. [/quote]

This is something I'd like to see coverage of. Is anything out there?[/quote]

Nothing very recent that I'm aware of. The city does publish a report with many interesting pieces of information. For example it says "In the 2023–24 school year, 19 LEAs reported at least one expulsion to OSSE. Half of expulsions occurred at KIPP DC PCS and SEED PCS." Of course, KIPP is a huge LEA so it's unsurprising that the total is high. Expulsions are not common, even in 2018-- rare enough that it's hard to draw conclusions due to a small data set.

https://osse.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/osse/page_content/attachments/SY23-24%20Discipline%20Report%20as%20of%20March%202025.pdf

https://thehoya.com/news/news-top/black-students-disproportionately-disciplined-in-dcps/
https://wamu.org/story/18/10/18/data-racial-divide-schools-says-washington-region/
https://ggwash.org/view/32695/one-dc-charter-school-makes-no-apologies-for-suspensions[/quote]

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