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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm the PP, and in point of fact I HAVE pulled my kid from public, for precisely the reasons given above: I have no confidence that teachers would follow their own protocols.

FWIW, my kid never disrupted teaching: the main offense was leaving the classroom w/o permission.  Because of multiple/repeated offenses on this score, DC was given multiple out-of-school suspensions, but short of the 10-day trigger for a MDR.  This despite the fact that DC has DOCUMENTED and ACKNOWLEDGED emotional and learning issues that contribute to DC's leaving the classroom.[/quote]

I can think of few things more disruptive than a kid who walks (or runs) out of the classroom.  As a teacher, that was the absolute worst - we are responsible for knowing where every child is at every moment and making sure they are in the building and safe.  So when your kid gets up and leaves, it not only disrupts teaching but sends half a dozen people into a panic trying to find your kid and make sure they aren't hurting themselves, someone else, leaving the building, etc.  That kind of thing can disrupt not just one class but your whole darn day.  I used to spend my breaks and lunch period chasing down one kid who would always choose that time to leave.  How would you like to spend all your breaks and lunch periods looking for your child?  Sounds like your kid should have been in a more restrictive environment, like an ED center or similar, where they are equipped to handle that.[/quote]

I think that you are actually supporting my point about disciplinary responses being the first choice at high-poverty schools.  My family was never offered the option of an ED center.  In fact, we had to fight for 3+ years to get our Title I high-poverty school to acknowledge that DC qualifies as ED/OHI.

At high-poverty schools like the one we've left, teachers are often inexperienced/undertrained in classroom management, especially for SN students, and they follow the lead of admin in emphasizing discipline over de-escalation.  Those are factors that contribute to the differences in treatment that the study we are talking about has found: I am simply suggesting that the SES of students and the affluence of the district factors into the differential treatment.

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