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Suspend them again. 
Seriously, if behavior can’t meet minimum standards of decency they shouldn’t be there. [/quote]
Ultimately it's public school.  Something has to be sorted so they can get an education.  Teachers shouldn't be left to deal with it on their own, but you can't just keep suspending the kid without addressing the issue.

--Parent whose 4 yo was sent to the principal's office every day for the first three weeks of kindergarten.  My kid had no idea what that meant or why she was there, so it had no impact except getting her out of the classroom.  Things improved a lot once another adult observed and coached my kid and the teacher.[/quote]

[b]Your 4 yo was not ready for kindergarten and should have waited a year.[/b][/quote]

+100

Your kid should have spent another year in pre-k. 
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Nah, it's been almost a decade and my kid is in the right grade.  We just had a teacher who wasn't experienced with kindergarten and who got a class that was full of kids with serious undiagnosed issues.  My kid was the least of the problems in that classroom once they got settled in.[/quote]
PP, I'm sure that there were kids in that classroom who had more significant issues than your's.  But, you admit that your kid needed to be "coached" in order to be able to participate effectively... can you see how having every classroom with kids who need "coaching" is unsustainable?  Perhaps both students and teachers would be better served if resources could be concentrated to help these kids rather than spreading it all around the schools, overwhelming the teachers and disrupting the other students.[/quote]

Kids don't belong in kindergarden when they're 4.  Maybe you think they've caught up, but you do them no favors rushing them and having them finish younger than their school peers.  Things I've seen...[/quote]
Of course new kindergarten kids need to be taught. What do you think the first month of kindergarten is about?  My kid met the cutoff (September birthday) and when I asked the kindergarten teachers at the open house they said to send her.  The preschool said to said her.   I'm not going to tell you it was the world's easiest transition, but this teacher was really struggling and that wasn't good for my kid.  The teacher very much expected new kindergarteners to act like 4th graders, which is what she'd previously taught.

If I'd redshirted I'd have a million people accusing me of gaming the system.  My kid is doing great.  Sometimes you just can't win.

But to get back to the topic, sometimes classroom teachers need extra supports.  Removing kids from class isn't a real solution, but a bandaid.[/quote]

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