[quote=livinincali] . . . Maybe it’s time that you run a school district like a business rather than based on feeling and emotions. Now I would agree that if you’re gong to go down this path you need to give the teachers a lot more flexibility on getting rid of the disruptive students.[/quote]
Every single student whose parents are sending them to public school is entitled to a “free public education.” If a student is disruptive in the classroom repeatedly, they will get suspended. After getting suspended a certain number of times, they are subject to getting expelled. After getting expelled, they can ask the district if they can attend another school. They are often given ONE chance at another district school and if they are suspended and/or expelled from that school, they will likely be expelled from that district for a certain number of years. Then the parents have to move out of the district, apply for an interdistrict transfer with their child’s school record in hand, send their child to private school or out of county/state to live with relatives and attend school there. There is a District hearing process in every step of this disciplinary process to legally protect both the district and the student.
“Teachers” can’t get rid of a disruptive student. Only the District can.
Even teachers in private school can’t get rid of a disruptive student. They can put their complaints into the school administration who will decide what to do with the offending student.
Let me ask you something, livinincali. Are you, by chance, an “engineer” yourself? What if your employer told you that you would have job protection for life with incremental pay raises (+/-3% every 3-5 yrs) if you took a long-term post (10-20 yrs) working at a worksite which was lined with shopping carts of the homeless just outside the entrance and perhaps surrounded by garish billboards, 2 tattoo parlors and streets patrolled by the city vice squad. Would YOU take your employer up on the offer? And would YOU spend your time and money trying to get a Masters degree or Ph.D in your field whilst working in this environment, in order to “better yourself” to contribute more fully to the problems of your newly-adopted worksite??
What’s good enough for the goose is good enough for the gander.
