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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m tired of everyone with all of these ideas, who hasn’t been a teacher or ever set foot in a classroom or have been retired for years.   My DH and extended family are guilty of it.

[b]Anyone who start posts like this should be required to run for school board.  Go for it.  Try to put your plan into action and do something instead of posting anonymously and making noise. [/b] [/quote]

I'm a teacher and agree that most of these ideas are half-baked. However, FCPS' zero tolerance policy went away after a highly publicized expulsion and subsequent suicide. The kid's father ran for school board on the issue. If someone ran a reasonably organized campaign to reverse some of the policies they could probably win in today's climate.[/quote]

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And, if any child should have not been treated with "zero tolerance" it was that one.  It was a horrendously sad story and the School Board  really screwed up on that one.  The mother had ALS and was dying (and did--I think it was shortly after the suicide.)

The SB jumped on "zero tolerance" because more minority kids were getting punished than white kids.  And, then, it was the law of the land.  Another child also committed suicide, and the family blamed the school, but it was far less clear than the one who ran for School Board.  (That child made two mistakes at two different schools.)

So, we went from using discretion due to the circumstances to "zero tolerance" because of cries of racism.  So, then we changed to maybe a slap on the hand.

But, the issues in those cases were not due to disruption in classes.

Tha issue of lax consequences is due to kids protected by IEP's if they are disruptive.[/quote]

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