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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I work at a school and I absolutely recognize that behaviors are out of control, but calling the police here is crazy to me. [b]You wouldn’t believe the amount of he said/she said and tattling that occurs every day[/b]. He pushed me, she cut in line, he kicked me, she grabbed my hair. The tattling never stops. Often the kid will waltz back to their classmate and sing-song “I told the teacher on you!!” Bringing police into situations with no witnesses and only 7-year-olds to tell the tale is insane.[/quote]

+1, and the counselors and social workers are stretched thin.

I do think an actual choking incident needs to be addressed more so than it probably is by many administrators. One reason I recently left teaching was I was trying to handle too many behavior issues on my own. There were the constant disagreements between ES students and relatively minor behavior issues (not listening, blurting out, wandering, backtalk) that wore me down. Counselors were helpful, but their workload was crazy and there was only so much time in a day. We were told we shouldn’t refer students to the office because in doing so we undermined our own authority as the teacher in the classroom. So, I usually held off and tried to deal with things the best I could. When I did actually have an incident of assault in the classroom and had to call for assistance, it ended up in a situation where I was under the spotlight. “Why didn’t you know about this sooner? You need to work on building better relationships so this doesn’t happen”, etc. I probably handled hundreds of disciplinary issues to the one time I asked for help and that one time resulted in a reprimand.[/quote]

Yup staff overall is stretched thin.[/quote]

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