OP— sorry to those who were offended, but to clarify, my child’s school has a special program for children with emotional disabilities. Several of the disruptive students seem to be part of that program.

Thank you to the PP who suggested documenting and reinforcing that this isn’t a complaint about the teacher. I have reached out to the teacher as a starting point.

Anonymous wrote:this is unfortunately the direction public school is going. Mcps doesn’t have a place for these unruly kids to go so they go in inclusion classes. Of course it’s impossible for any other kid to focus when the unruly ones haven’t been taught not to act feral in public.

Don’t bother complaining to anyone, there’s NOTHING anyone at the school can do about it. Nobody can take your child out of a class. Sure the counselor has access to the scheduling program but they’re not actually allowed to do this so you’re wasting your time and the counselors time. If your child is being bullied or harassed then report it to the principal but other than that there’s nothing that can be done. It’s a terrible situation with no solution because mcps doesn’t provide actual resources to help with unruly kids, just “restorative practices”

Agree with most of your post but wanted to add it is possible for your child to get moved out of a particular class if your child is being bullied or targeted, or if there are major disruptive issues within a class (students who are frequently ragey and explosive). It’s not easy but start by keeping notes with dates / specific incidents and only state facts. Stay calm and make it clear to the teacher and admin that you are not knocking the teacher but this is about your child.

You may need to schedule a meeting with the AP or principal - my advice is to keep an open mind but stand firm (and have your documentation / facts). It’s possible the principal does not have the full picture of what’s going on. We were told at pre-service we needed to reduce the number of office referrals this year and admin would be looking at the data teacher by teacher (which is a good thing but so far has resulted in teachers feeling pressured to not refer kids to the office…as the behaviors continue to escalate).

If the principal isn’t able to handle this issue and it is affecting your child, don’t hesitate to keep going up the chain.