The new suspension policy is discussed
http://startribune.com/stories/1592/3930014.html
Sorry. In all except cases of criminal assault, I don't agree with even
the idea of suspension, and in the case of criminal assault, I think all
parties need a cooling down period.
I believe suspension was a policy that worked when it was a privilege to
go to school, and then only when parents backed up the teacher, right or
wrong. ("You make trouble in school and I'll give you real trouble when I
find out about it.")
I wish there was enough staff that if a student can't be trusted to behave
in the classrooms and halls, she or he can do his work in a "suspension
room" situation--tutoring, not caretaking. Could this be a place for
volunteers?
I just don't see the point of creating a situation in which a student must
fall behind on his work by having to leave school. Too many of the kids
are marginal students, already.
Some kids act up precisely because they get rewarded with time
off--suspension. Life is more fun off campus.
Some of them can't make it in the classroom because of poor skills. They
need tutoring if they are ever going to get caught up. Since they can't
get attention by classwork, they get it they way they can: by acting up.
Some need to be deprived of their audience and faced by a totally lonely
situation. They're acting up for the audience. Get them away from their
audience.
All kids who act up would get some kind of benefit from mandated time out
of class but still working on school materials.
A couple of school board members used to monitor this list. Are they still
here?
Emilie Quast
SE Como
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