Boy suspended for buying knife at school

[awpitt]

Originally Posted by moose1

So I would like to know what do the young man selling the knife get?? I guess he is still in school.

Ten days suspension followed by expulsion hearing.

[itsbob]

Originally Posted by NorthBeachPerso

You know the kid that did the stabbing and the kid that was killed, or at least the families.

Oh wait..

Was this not a question?

Did I misunderstand and you are saying that in fact I did, or do know the people involved?

[somdwatch]

They're job is to teach! I was taught to shoot a .22 rifle in the basement of my high school in upstate NY. It was a firing range with the gym teacher TEACHING!

I believe the federal government is so involved in our education that the Local community can't teach what THEIR community needs.


Ask a Maryland Certified College graduate of teaching if they were ever taught in college "How to develop a Curriculum for a given course?"

[NorthBeachPerso]

Originally Posted by itsbob

Oh wait..

Was this not a question?

Did I misunderstand and you are saying that in fact I did, or do know the people involved?

Yes I am.

[Chris0nllyn]

Originally Posted by NorthBeachPerso

Then convince the Legislature to rein in the State Board of Ed (where these regs are developed) and then change the law.

No offense to you, but I see this often.

And wonder why we allow these laws to pass in the first place. Why is it that we always have to fight to get stupid laws TAKEN AWAY, but adding them doesn't seem to be a problem?

[NorthBeachPerso]

Originally Posted by Chris0nllyn

No offense to you, but I see this often.

And wonder why we allow these laws to pass in the first place. Why is it that we always have to fight to get stupid laws TAKEN AWAY, but adding them doesn't seem to be a problem?

In the case of zero tolerance, advocates (parents, school systems, parents, doctors, parents, etc.) lobbied and testified for a couple years. Their voices drowned out those who were in favor of some common sense being injected. The Legislature got tired of hearing it. This year MSDE backed away and changed the consequences for some violations (ISS instead of suspension). That was done because the numbers were messing up the NCLB and Race to the Top statistics.

You've seen the same thing with the anti-bullying push the last couple years.

[awpitt]

Originally Posted by NorthBeachPerso

In the case of zero tolerance, advocates (parents, school systems, parents, doctors, parents, etc.) lobbied and testified for a couple years. Their voices drowned out those who were in favor of some common sense being injected. The Legislature got tired of hearing it. This year MSDE backed away and changed the consequences for some violations (ISS instead of suspension). That was done because the numbers were messing up the NCLB and Race to the Top statistics.

You've seen the same thing with the anti-bullying push the last couple years.

They don't even call in-school-suspension (ISS) anymore. Now it's called in-school-intervention (ISI) so they don't have to classify it as a suspension.

[itsbob]

Originally Posted by NorthBeachPerso

Yes I am.

Details?

[BigBlue]

Originally Posted by NorthBeachPerso

Violated MD State Education Law relating to the possession of a weapon on school grounds. He could have been expelled. As it is he's receiving the maximum punishment for which the teachers will be required to send makeup work home for him to do. They're excused absences.

What happen to the kid who brought it to school and sold it to him?

[NorthBeachPerso]

Originally Posted by BigBlue

What happen to the kid who brought it to school and sold it to him?

Ten day suspension, request for expulsion. That's standard. He'll likely get long term suspension for the rest of the semester, coming back in January.