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Anonymous wrote:This whole problem is caused administrators trying to dance around formal suspension BECAUSE THEY'RE TREATING THESE CHILDREN LIKE SNOWFLAKES. They deserve suspension, they should be formally suspended, not given half measures.

If you do that, you will will eliminate 75% of the students in schools like Dunbar, Ballau, etc. In many places, DCPS is first and foremost a publicly-funded baby sitting service. Their job is to keep these kids within the confines of the school. The communities do not want these kids suspended out of school because of the fear they will be roaming the streets during the day committing crimes.

....And this is why families with choices will never enroll their children in these schools.

Then activists cry "segregation" and "racism" because some schools are disproportionately poor. Guess what? Responsible parenting means avoiding subjecting a child to an unregulated, unsafe and hostile environment if there is any possible alternative.

Call my child a snowflake all day long, but I'm not sending her into a school with chair-throwers.

Anonymous wrote:This whole problem is caused administrators trying to dance around formal suspension BECAUSE THEY'RE TREATING THESE CHILDREN LIKE SNOWFLAKES. They deserve suspension, they should be formally suspended, not given half measures.

If you do that, you will will eliminate 75% of the students in schools like Dunbar, Ballau, etc. In many places, DCPS is first and foremost a publicly-funded baby sitting service. Their job is to keep these kids within the confines of the school. The communities do not want these kids suspended out of school because of the fear they will be roaming the streets during the day committing crimes.

This whole problem is caused administrators trying to dance around formal suspension BECAUSE THEY'RE TREATING THESE CHILDREN LIKE SNOWFLAKES. They deserve suspension, they should be formally suspended, not given half measures.

And good luck with that restorative justice too!!! Bahahahaha

And people say its not worth $40k a year per kid to escape the jungle that is DCPS. Guess how much we talk about the ridiculousness that is this thread? NEVER. Guess what happens when a kid throws a chair? I don't know bc it NEVER happens. Guess what happens when someone brings a gun or knife to school? NEVER happens. Guess how kids get suspended each year? None, bc the kids are able to conduct themselves like civilized human beings in class. All I have to say to the DCPS public crowd -- muhahahahahahaah

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid comes from a loving middle class home. He also has documented SNs and an IEP. He did not ask for his learning disabilities and mental health issues. I have seen firsthand how out-of-school suspensions affect kids with SNs. Kids like mine have a right to a public education, just as your neurotypical kids do. I stand with the ACLU and Every Student, Every Day on this one. There are clear violations of procedure going on, and violations of student and parent rights as well.

If your kid hurls a chair at a teacher, there should be a consequence. Other kids shouldn't have to be scared in the classroom.

Yea, but why they got to suspend? They supposed to be teaching them, but they aint want do there job. Smh.

Are you serious? What consequence do you suggest? Would you want to be in a classroom with a chair thrower? Would you want your child in the classroom of a chair thrower?

Suspend them IN SCHOOL WITH SUPERVISION. But keep them away from everyone else.

DCPS current policy is usually to keep them in the classroom or send them back to the classroom, and blame the teachers!

Who said anything about anyone throwing chairs?

For everyone's info, out of school suspensions happen for many different reasons--very few of which have anything to do with violent, intimidating, or threatening behaviors.