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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sorry your kid is a bully. I hope they have learned an important lesson.[/quote]

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Probably not.   The parents will pay for a lawyer and the kid will get off with a slap on the wrist and the cycle will continue for the rest of their lives.  There are very few "redemption" stories among criminals.   [/quote]

Wtf a bully isn't a criminal.[/quote]

The second they turn 18, they certainly are criminals.  One minute prior to their 18th birthday, they are “youthful offenders.”

Chances are:

- the school OP’s child attends attempted some sort of useless progressive “ restorative justice” or “equity” solution which accomplished nothing, other than enabling the bully.

Expect more teen victims to be forced to resort to restraining orders due to failed liberal policies by local school systems, who do not care about the victims anymore.[/quote]

This is my experience as well. The schools and even the SRO’s are completely useless. They want to “both sides” everything. [/quote]

FCPS is increasingly “both sides” - ing this issue.  The end result is to coddle bullies, and re-victimize the teen victims.  Bordered this next part from a different person on DCUM:

Regarding disciplinary issues, this note from Michelle Reid this week in her weekly update:

"The second initiative is our Restorative Justice Program’s new Responsible Pathway to Restorative Justice Facilitation. This pathway program will enable trained and endorsed members of Team FCPS to operate as school-based restorative justice facilitators. By this time next year, our goal is to have two of these facilitators in each of our schools. I’m thrilled about this program and how it will support us to provide excellence, equity, and opportunity for each and every one of our students, especially those impacted by discipline disparities. [i] As I shared with the principals on Thursday, I know there likely are a lot of questions about these two initiatives! More information on our Instructional Rounds and the Responsible Pathway to Restorative Justice Facilitation will be made available in the coming weeks; stay tuned!"

It's hard to see how this will make the lives of teachers or administrators any easier. Some will be drafted to become "restorative justice facilitators." Others will not, but will have to deal with the consequences of bending over backwards to "those impacted by discipline disparities" rather than emphasizing the need for safe and secure classrooms where bullying and other forms of misbehavior aren't tolerated.

You don't get to this place without the current, all-D School Board that is so enamored of its own rhetoric and commitment to "equity" and "social justice" that it's ready to hire a superintendent who similarly elevates the pathologies of misbehaving students over the impact on victims.[/quote]

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