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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why not have a zero tolerance policy?  If you behave like a monster physically attacking students unprovoked, you are expelled.  Students should not have to be in fear of their person attending school. [/quote]

I don't a zero tolerance policy is viable because it's to be expected that kids will lose emotional control and resort to physical altercations to solve conflicts. I'm a fan of the three strikes rule though.

1st Strike: Restorative Justice methods and resolution appropriate
2nd Strike: In or out of school suspension depending on how bad the fight was
3rd Strike: You're out. Expulsion[/quote]

The three strikes rule works out exactly like the zero tolerance rule (namely, with unintended consequences that people actively don't want), except it takes a bit longer.[/quote]
I would make the 3x rule for all egregious behavior - fights, drugs, physically threatening bullying.  You do any of those three 3x within a year, and you are out.

These violent kids are allowed to be unleashed on minors in school.  If they strike out 3x, then they can be unleashed on the public outside of school, and the progressive liberal county can deal with it. Why should our kids who want to learn be subjected to such violence in schools, but progressive liberals not have to deal with it during the school day?  We should house these violent kids in a program in the same office  buildings where the council and county executive work.  Let them deal with fights all day in the building. That's what they voted for.[/quote]

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