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cmv1 t1_jdeit25 wrote

DPS is such a shitshow. For a city that has seen meteoric rises in tax revenue and an inflow of affluent out-of-state workers, the fact that their public school system continues to underperform is a blight on an otherwise very forward thinking city.

On a related note, I have a friend whose kid almost went to East said that nearly 800 kids citywide are on some sort of security plan similar to this child; he was not an outlier in that respect.

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jayzeeinthehouse t1_jdekhaa wrote

You're right! Tons of students are on behavior plans, and they're often used the wrong way because it works to admins advantage to keep things like suspensions, referrals, detentions, or anything else that's tracked by the state out of official recording systems here, so I don't really think that leaders and policy makers have a full picture of the issue, and I think that once the media does some digging, they'll start talking about the countless teachers that have tried to get help but have been ignored and left worried about their personal safety trying to do a job that has become impossible.

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