Hey Joe,
My concern today is the busing of students from city schools to county schools. The twin students who recorded the bathroom fights from Bennett Middle then placed them on Youtube are now attending Pittsville Middle and Mardela Middle. It was clearly deemed "gang related". They should be expelled if they have previous referrals/suspensions or sent to Choices-the county's alternative school. Our tax dollars, don't forget I pay taxes too, are being spent to bus these kids 15 miles away! Each way! Have you seen the price of gas recently? One kid, that far!?!
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I'm sure the gang appreciates your comments idiot!
ReplyDeleteI hope you aren't saying that our tax dollars are busing these kids to the outside schools.
ReplyDeleteIf I were a parent at one of those schools, you bet your sweet behind I would be at DR F's office door waiting. Expel them, and be done with it. Stop wasting MY money on those who clearly don't want to be there.
ReplyDeleteWhat kind of message are we really sending to children who are just plain bad, or in gangs???
The BOE is a joke, they right the rules and won't hold kids accountable? No wonder the rest of the state laughs at the shore.
They belong at the special school over on Morris St.
ReplyDeleteThere are no city schools. I mean they may lie within the city limits but they are run by the county, so they can bus as they please
ReplyDeleteAren't the busses going there anyway?
ReplyDeleteThis is why people like you are foolish. Instead of paying to teach these kids now, you would rather expel them so that they are not in school, they stay on the streets, they commit more crimes, they go on welfare or become incarcerated. People like this letter writer are not intelligent enough to see past the primary thought of "hey, I pay taxes." You have no concept of how to deal with a problem, and what you are advocating is more detrimental not only to the student but to the entire community who will end up paying more in the long run if they followed your flawed logic. People like you really need to stop talking and let the grown-ups try and fix what is wrong with this community.
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ReplyDeleteThat was pretty good until you started with the insults. You invalidated your own post.
"This is why people like you are foolish. Instead of paying to teach these kids now, you would rather expel them so that they are not in school, they stay on the streets, they commit more crimes, they go on welfare or become incarcerated. "
ReplyDeleteThose kids are going that way, anyway. Keeping them in school is only penalizing the good kids who pay attention and follow the rules.
4:23 the children and their parents or whoever has custody should all be held accountable. they do need to go to alternative school and the parents need to attend some sort of class with them to help them with parenting skills. this class should show them what their future will be if they continue on this path. don't "baby" them, ever..... no accountability = no change...
ReplyDelete4:23 Get off of your high horse. Expulsion needs to become a reality for some. The kids these days know that they will not be expelled so they continue their bad behavior. School should be treated as a privilege and not a right.
ReplyDeleteI personally would rather have them in school during the day than on the streets while I am at work and my house is unattended.
ReplyDeletei think sending these disreputive kids to a different school or paying for an alternative school is just wrong. its a waste of our tax dollars. Maybe when these kids do things like this they need to be expelled and then sent to a work farm doing some hard work to pay back they free education they wasted... hmmmm
ReplyDeletejust two words "BOOT CAMP"
ReplyDeleteGreat! Now they can recruit kids in Pittsville! Expel them or send them to a juvenille detention center where they belong!
ReplyDeleteHere's the best use of Bennett Middle. the "rundown" school. Clear it out, lock it down, add a few cattle gates and viewable teaching screens and put the bad kids in the bad school! Bunks in the auditorium. Now we don't have to renovate it, the "good" students are in the new schools, and everything's fine!
ReplyDeleteWi-Hi has expelled (or suspended for the remainder of the year) seven students so far, and another one if pending. It can be done in Wicomico County.
ReplyDeleteCan't expel a kid under 16 unless its a gun
ReplyDeleteExpel, move them?
ReplyDeleteNah, a good as_ Whipping is all they need. Persons I know; probably some of you here knew if you stepped out of line in school it was time to see the principal and get a as_ whipping with the paddle. Never goofed off, no ADHD,or A.D.D or mental health problems , acting up was not tolerated, no cell phones,no kids shooting other kids, no crack head issues or social issues. Teachers hands are tied b/c of this simple rule cannot be enforced. Bring the paddle back DUDE!!!!
Why are we paying for Choices and for Connections (a program for kids who can't behave in Choices) if the idea is to move the kids to another school? What is wrong with the programs we have set up to deal with violent kids?
ReplyDeleteSchool should be treated as a privilege and not a right.
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Actually it is a law. Required to attend until age of 16 last I knew.
I am all for giving kids opportunities and I truly believe all kids need outlets. However having kids that do nothing to contribute to a classroom does not help anyone. It makes learning disruptive, it causes the teachers more headache & aggravation plus it lowers the standards for those in that school/grade level. I am so sick and tired of seeing the slackers receive the same awards as those kids that bust their humps to earn it when they only do a fraction of the work and are never held to the same behavioral expectations.
ReplyDeleteWhat happened to everyone is held to the same standard? When did it become acceptable for a 5th grader to not know how to read at a first grade level? When did beating the crap out of people who don't defend themselves become a "talking to" yet defending yourself from an attacker become grounds for suspension?
The system is seriously flawed and those that cause problems and act out are the ones that receive all the attention and breaks. What about the kids that go to school, behave and do what is expected of them simply because they were taught properly?
If this Connections program exists, why isn't it being used for these kids? Why is Choices not where they're going? Our system spends every dime on kids who won't work and won't behave. Figure up the cost for in school suspension staff, deputies, deans of students, Choices, Connections, night high school staff, and tell me why we need a taxi service to Mardela and Pittsville. Choices students are already picked up and returned to their homes like they deserve direct taxis.
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