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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A kid is incessantly bullied because he is short. Snaps. Brings a knife and stabs another student. Thankfully the other student didn't die. How could this have been avoided? Did we fail the kids by de-escalating? Parents, teachers, others? What can we do better? Let's not make this a political/culture war issue. Some empathy will go a long way...parent of a blair kid here. [/quote]

Get the stabber some help for his mental health [/quote]

So where were the mental health counselors that the county touted as the replacement for SROs?[/quote]

They did not hire more and what do you think a therapist will do?  You think these kids are going to go to the counselor for help.   Right.  [/quote]
+1 therapy is not a one time panacea.  It takes a lot of time for therapy to make a dent.  In the meantime, what should be done to keep our kids safe in the schools, and manage the students who disrupt the class so much that the other kids cannot learn?[/quote]

It’s funny how you guys think an SRO can prevent crimes by being the kids buddy. But counselors can’t do the same thing.[/quote]
It's funny how you guys can't answer the question of what should be done with the disruptive kids, and why you won't go volunteer in the hallways and classrooms and deal with these students if you think all they need is a buddy.  I never once said that SRO being buddies was the answer. I did state that some SROs have established relationships with students and that can help.  But, SRO presence is also a deterent. Again, why do you think Principals want them at the HSs?

Ask a HS teacher how it is for them when there is a repeat disrupter in the class.

Are you even a parent?  What would you do if there was a student in your kid's class who disrupted the class everyday such that your kid can't learn, or worse, the student harrassed your kid such that your kid was afraid to go to school?[/quote]

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