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Yeah, tell me why I want vouchers.  Below, from the "Stuart Hobson teacher quits" thread.  How are you limo liberals in upper-NW doing this afternoon?  Why don't you take the opportunity to lottery your kid into SH and then tell me how vouchers suck.

[Post New]12/10/2016 09:59     Subject: Stuart Hobson teacher quits   [Up]
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I teach at a DCPS elementary school (5 years).

There is no classroom management strategy that can replace effective mental health intervention. In some cases, this intervention should also be clinical and ongoing.

I have had seven year olds tell me they were going to punch me, stab me, kill me, rape me. I've had others express horrible recollections of abuse they have either been subjected to or witnessed. In other cases I've experienced generally overwhelmed families that have a cornucopia of financial challenges (paying multiple co-pays for disabled children or parents while also working two or three low paying jobs)

Interestingly enough, the demographic makeup of the school where I teach is similar to SH. The majority of our families on FARMS are actually not the families we have the most behavioral problems with.

Teachers and police are in a similar boat; we are hired to do our jobs but are compelled to triage severe mental health problems beyond both our training and scope. I've personally seen teachers be kicked, punched, threatened by parents with mental illnesses, and nothing be done by administrators.

DCPS needs to take a hard look in the mirror at spending priorities on mental health supports if it truly seeks to serve all children in the city and provide safe working environments for teachers.

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Those same kids will be in poor terrible private schools using vouchers.  Only bad schools will take the vouchers.  [/quote]

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