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#School District With Highest Student Arrest Rate in the Nation Agrees to Reform How It Disciplines #Disabled Students (newsie.social)

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#School District With Highest Student Arrest Rate in the Nation Agrees to Reform How It Disciplines #Disabled Students

Following a ProPublica-Chicago Tribune investigation, the Garrison School in #Illinois will change its disciplinary practices and provide services to those who missed class due to being arrested or sent to a seclusion room.

#News #Education #Government #Kids #Disability #Police #Teachers

https://www.propublica.org/article/illinois-garrison-school-reform-student-discipline

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Read the original investigation into the Garrison School, where police were being called on students every other day in recent years, here:
https://www.propublica.org/article/students-police-arrests-illinois-garrison-school

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

@[email protected] The experiences described in this article are well known to the parents of children born with brain disorders that come with behavioral symptoms. It is hard for me to not react with vitriol to the stories of what these children endure at the hands of willfully ignorant adults.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

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This school is either in Sing Sing, or it needs a whole new administration. Calling police every other day to deal with errant students is militarizing the school, costing taxpayers a bundle, and running away from the job of being educators. Btw, it's terrible for students.