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Ray Nelson's avatar

I can corroborate that ratio. Student discipline was the number one issue my members wanted us to focus on during contract negotiations last year. We now have elementary and secondary discipline committees determined to figure out what we do for the chair-throwing, kicking, vulgar-spewing Kindergarteners and the truant, defiant Juniors. We also need to help parents and families know better ways to put their children on better socialization paths.

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Admiral Glorp Golp's avatar

Parents have been conditioned to be afraid of their children and just acquiesce to every demand.

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The Bigger Bear's avatar

My aunts are school teachers and have always been fierce advocates of the public system because of access for all. Admittedly, it’s an imperfect system. You sound like the union rep? My aunt is semi retired but subs at a system in a large metro. This was a kindergarten class. The teacher warned her about two students that they throw chairs and she’s afraid of them. My aunt advised her to speak to union rep and used “hostile work environment” to describe the conditions. The HR dept at this system attempted a silent discipline of my aunt and she wasn’t having it. It was an attempt at circumventing employment law and absolutely floored my aunt that they would try that.

My mom subs for administrative staff. She said a system of 100 students per grade is in about 10-15 concurrent lawsuits annually and their main focus is to stay out of the court room.

You concur you’re seeing the violence, are you seeing the litigation?

This to me is similar to policing. Police officers are in danger and have their hands tied by administrative staff and elected officials. Teachers are in a similar situation. Incidentally, both teachers and police are taking the brunt of the accusations for why the institutions are failing. Something has got to give here.

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