Actually, Diane, I absolutely agree with you. The top reasons that kids are supsended from school are fighting and skipping school.
How much sense does it make that you should skip a day of school or a period of classes only to return to school and be given another school sanctioned day off. I do know that this is on the radar screen of the superintendent, but this is definately a policy that needs to not happen. -Brandon Lacy Campos -Powderhorn Park -Candidate, Board of Education >Did anyone else reading the paper this week have a fit when they saw >that 20,000 kids were suspended in Minnehappiness last year? We have >about 48,000 students in the district. I know that some of these are >repeats, but still.... Around 400 kindergartners, over 1000 2nd >graders. This is lunacy. How can sending kids home send a message that >is anything but bad. Whatever happened to detention in-school? Anyone >connected with the schools have anything to say that makes sense about >this? This seems to me to be an extremely lousy policy. > >Diane Wiley, Powderhorn > >_______________________________________ >Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy >Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: >http://e-democracy.org/mpls > > _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
