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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How and why did "accountability," "consequences" and "discipline" become bad words in our school system? Parents didn't ask for this.[/quote]

Under the Obama era it was decided that too many children of a certain race were getting suspended.

RJ was implemented to use in lieu of suspensions.

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Don't know about any of that but when they used to stop my kid from being bullied it worked![/quote]

It's effective when used correctly, but seems like some are just against everything other than prison.[/quote]

There has been no evidence of it's effectiveness, yet you keep insisting it's effective. MCPS's own surveys have shown it's not effective, as the article that started this thread proved. Your RJ zombie talking points are DOA. Stop wasting bandwidth with them.

Furthermore, if this solution is so sensitive to error and dysfunction if it's not "used correctly," then maybe it's not a solution that's suitable for a school district of MCPS's scope, size and inconsistency.[/quote]

But suspension, expulsion, police arrest and prison seem to be used correctly??? Despite all evidence and research in schools and society to the contrary?[/quote]

The only child I know who ended up in prison from MCPS is Stephen Alston, who shot and almost killed another student.  And former student Ta'Quawn Henderson is in jail pending trial for killing another MCPS student Jailyn Jones.  He might get life.  Trial starts in November.

At some point, people need to recognize that some kids are seriously hurting other people.  And that is a problem.  You can experiment all you want with programs with little supporting evidence, like RJ, but you are derelict if you do not ensure kids are safe while you play around with feel-good programs.  [/quote]

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