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[quote=Anonymous]My child was counseled out of a (not top) private. He was put "on probation" and we were told he might not be allowed to return if his behavior didn't improve. Soon after that, EVERYONE seemed to know he was on probation (staff, students, parents), even though it was supposed to be private. They began writing him up for EVERYTHING-- things he wouldn't have gotten more than a verbal reprimand for before, and things that no other child got written up for.

It got to the point that ds couldn't breathe funny without being written up, while the classmates who were teasing/bullying him only got a "talking to:" no paper trail, and in some cases, the parents weren't even made aware of what their little darlings had been up to.   :x

With ds, it was "We're documenting everything, so you're aware of his behavior problems." With the kids who got to stay, it was "They're good kids who made a mistake. We don't need to record this, or bother their parents." When I heard this (principal's words, second hand from the teacher), I knew they'd already decided about ds, and the "probation" was a farce.

The school let many kids with MUCH worse issues than ds stay. The moral judgment could give you whiplash. Some kids were dismissed and swept out like trash, while other kids got the "diamond in the rough," "We just need to keep loving him until he blossoms" treatment.[/quote]

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