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Reply to "Violence in Kindergarten- Sligo Creek Elementary "
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Two years ago we had a kindergarten teacher, upcounty, who got hit by a student, and suffered permanent brain damage. She went on long-term disability but then left the school system soon after. It happens. :([/quote] What the heck? How are five year olds that strong? [/quote] Six years and two principals ago, a kindergartener at the same school did something that broke a teacher's leg (I'm unfamiliar with the current incident, so I don't know if the same K teacher was involved). A long-term sub was needed for a few months; one of the parents filled in. Thankfully, the teacher was able to return. The student was moved (uncertain where), but the issue should have been addressed earlier, as there had been several earlier reports of that child's sometimes violent behavior. I think this is less about a particular school and more about the system, though administrations at one school or other may be more adept in their handling of incidents. RJ, IEPs, etc., are important individual and societal goods when employed correctly. That doesn't mean a lack of consequence, and it shouldn't mean countervailing action out of a concern for social optics. It also shouldn't have to get to the point of serious medical attention, whether for a broken major bone or a head wound with a concussion, before protections kick in that remove the child from class, and reasonable return conditions should be set. Safety has to trump accommodation when the two are in great conflict, and there needs to be situation-conditioned allowance of immediate temporary relief while processes (e.g., IEP and associated staffing) play out.[/quote]
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