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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:the news said police have been called to the school 22 times in the past year? this is what you get when you remove SROs
these kids need some social emotional learning clearly

This isn't just an issue of removing SROs. This is an issue of putting kids who should be in alternative placements into gen ed environments. Removing SROs is a convenient lightning rod but it's not the real problem. The real problem is that the pendulum has swung way too far on inclusion and mainstreaming. Those of us who work in education have been saying this since NCLB started. I guarantee the kids who are causing trouble had issues in elementary school well before the pandemic and the administrators there quietly swept them under the rug. In a high SES district that's usually a mixture of parents refusing to agree to alternate placement and too many discipline referrals looking bad for schools. The pandemic let a lot of administrators off the hook because discipline referrals magically disappeared when these students were no longer in the buildings.

This 100%. I worked in a NArl ES for many years and was really saddened witnessing what you wrote about above. On more than one occasion, a student really, really should have been moved to an alternative placement, but the parents refused so they just stayed or transferred to a neighboring school. Therefore, the child wasn't getting the support needed and other students also paid the price.

Absolutely true. It’s very frustrating and a huge cause of burnout among sped staff especially.

It would also help to have the SROs back in the building. This would free up the staff that has suddenly had to play security guard.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:the news said police have been called to the school 22 times in the past year? this is what you get when you remove SROs
these kids need some social emotional learning clearly

This isn't just an issue of removing SROs. This is an issue of putting kids who should be in alternative placements into gen ed environments. Removing SROs is a convenient lightning rod but it's not the real problem. The real problem is that the pendulum has swung way too far on inclusion and mainstreaming. Those of us who work in education have been saying this since NCLB started. I guarantee the kids who are causing trouble had issues in elementary school well before the pandemic and the administrators there quietly swept them under the rug. In a high SES district that's usually a mixture of parents refusing to agree to alternate placement and too many discipline referrals looking bad for schools. The pandemic let a lot of administrators off the hook because discipline referrals magically disappeared when these students were no longer in the buildings.

This 100%. I worked in a NArl ES for many years and was really saddened witnessing what you wrote about above. On more than one occasion, a student really, really should have been moved to an alternative placement, but the parents refused so they just stayed or transferred to a neighboring school. Therefore, the child wasn't getting the support needed and other students also paid the price.

Anonymous wrote:the news said police have been called to the school 22 times in the past year? this is what you get when you remove SROs
these kids need some social emotional learning clearly

This isn't just an issue of removing SROs. This is an issue of putting kids who should be in alternative placements into gen ed environments. Removing SROs is a convenient lightning rod but it's not the real problem. The real problem is that the pendulum has swung way too far on inclusion and mainstreaming. Those of us who work in education have been saying this since NCLB started. I guarantee the kids who are causing trouble had issues in elementary school well before the pandemic and the administrators there quietly swept them under the rug. In a high SES district that's usually a mixture of parents refusing to agree to alternate placement and too many discipline referrals looking bad for schools. The pandemic let a lot of administrators off the hook because discipline referrals magically disappeared when these students were no longer in the buildings.

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Anonymous wrote:Talking about shootings to bringing a taser is a scary progression, especially after already being suspended. I hope that APS is taking that seriously.

For real. Hopefully this kid doesn’t have access to an actual firearm. If I were a Swanson parent I would want that kid searched every day before being allowed in the building.

Wow. Agreed. Frightening.

Anonymous wrote:Talking about shootings to bringing a taser is a scary progression, especially after already being suspended. I hope that APS is taking that seriously.

For real. Hopefully this kid doesn’t have access to an actual firearm. If I were a Swanson parent I would want that kid searched every day before being allowed in the building.

Talking about shootings to bringing a taser is a scary progression, especially after already being suspended. I hope that APS is taking that seriously.

My kid said it is a 7th grader who just got off suspension for talking about school shootings. Then he showed up at school this week with a taser gun and is now suspended again. Kid came out of Ashlawn and was apparently a problem in ES. Many of the 7th graders are scared of him. I'm not impressed with the way this interim principal is handing things. Hope this blows up in the news and they bring the SROs back, because it isn't fair to the other students to not feel safe at school.

Anonymous wrote:What news? Did I miss something? The last news I saw was the article about the 6th grader with autism who was bullied.

An email from the interim principal today that a child was caught with a taser at school.

Huh. I've been subbing at Swanson sometimes the past few months. All I know is that there's frequently a kid waiting for detention in the office when I sign out.

My 6th grader is average usually and making straight As! and doing nothing to earn them. :-l

What news? Did I miss something? The last news I saw was the article about the 6th grader with autism who was bullied.

the news said police have been called to the school 22 times in the past year? this is what you get when you remove SROs
these kids need some social emotional learning clearly

My 6th grader is always completely clueless about these things. Don't know what that says about him.

I have heard from many people that the current 7th grade class is a nightmare. An administrator friend says sometimes you get a year like that. Just a class that's a lot of trouble.

Kid said definitely not police officer’s student. Student has a history of issues and has been suspended before (not sure why). Very concerning though. A taser?!