Submitted by bostonteacher90871 t3_1176bd6 in massachusetts
Technical_Hair_4383 t1_j9b5nah wrote
Mindless_Arachnid_74 t1_j9b73k2 wrote
I also thought schools weren’t babysitters or supposed to be parents? So are schools supposed to “hold the line” or not?
StalePieceOfBread t1_j9bf64u wrote
Punish the "bad, thug kids," not "my little angel, Joseph Mengele Aryan Nation Hitler Goebbels Jr."
Mindless_Arachnid_74 t1_j9b6wyj wrote
Right. It is a law from 2012. Nothing new.
Technical_Hair_4383 t1_j9bljl8 wrote
It was recently amended to make suspensions more difficult for administrators to implement.
LackingUtility t1_j9bu97s wrote
Here's the as-amended version:
>(b) (effective November 8, 2022)
Any principal, headmaster, superintendent or person acting as a decision-maker at a student meeting or hearing, when deciding the consequences for the student, shall consider ways to re-engage the student in the learning process; and shall not suspend or expel a student until alternative remedies have been employed and their use and results documented, following and in direct response to a specific incident or incidents, unless specific reasons are documented as to why such alternative remedies are unsuitable or counter-productive, and in cases where the student’s continued presence in school would pose a specific, documentable concern about the infliction of serious bodily injury or other serious harm upon another person while in school. Alternative remedies may include, but shall not be limited to: (i) mediation; (ii) conflict resolution; (iii) restorative justice; and (iv) collaborative problem solving. The principal, headmaster, superintendent or person acting as a decision-maker shall also implement school- or district-wide models to re-engage students in the learning process which shall include but not be limited to: (i) positive behavioral interventions and supports models and (ii) trauma sensitive learning models; provided, however, that school- or district-wide models shall not be considered a direct response to a specific incident.
H2Omekanic t1_j9dn68m wrote
Since cops are quitting/ leaving/retiring from Democrat run cities in droves they figure its time teachers get accustomed to being corrections officers & cops. Have fun with that
Technical_Hair_4383 t1_j9f0yx4 wrote
First, cops aren't leaving in droves. See HEREfor a more measured take. Second, the violent crime rate has been dropping for decades. NYC, for instance, long a Democratic stronghold, has become a very safe place to live -- safer than Indianapolis.
Perhaps we don't need as many of those cops as we used to. Perhaps municipalities can spend the money more usefully on other services.
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