I agree that this is a good story and an important move on the school's part, but I think parents need to be worried about more than fattening snacks for their children. I attended this school back when it was Southwest Middle School, and it felt like a good place to be at the time. I was lucky because I was by nature a quiet and cautious child, and I didn't have the challenge of a disability or special needs.
Everything seems to move along just fine in this school as long as there are no disruptions or upsets. What worries me is the way disruptions ARE handled. It sounds to me that they will do anything to silence problems and inconveniences instead of considering what really is best for students. This school lashed out at a teacher who did the right thing by protecting his students from violence. Why? I'm assuming it was because of an overblown fear of getting sued. The teacher's "discipline" tells teachers not to give involved in these types of situations, which means that the children are going to be more vulnerable to student-on-student violence. This school permanently dismissed a boy whose necessary medication caused him to behave disruptively. Why? Because they felt that he was too much work. After all, he's just one boy, right? Just one boy who already has numerous obstacles in his life without being rejected by his own school district.
It's nice that the school and the district as a whole are doing nice things, but it sounds like something else is going on beneath the surface. In fact, surface might be the key term. They seem to be working so hard on appearances that they forgot about the children. It's time we do something about it.
Wow, now we can talk about what the Chieftain wants us to talk about! How inspiring. I hope they publish a story about cookies soon. I like to talk about cookies.
Students seek junk food alternative
I agree that this is a good story and an important move on the school's part, but I think parents need to be worried about more than fattening snacks for their children. I attended this school back when it was Southwest Middle School, and it felt like a good place to be at the time. I was lucky because I was by nature a quiet and cautious child, and I didn't have the challenge of a disability or special needs.
Everything seems to move along just fine in this school as long as there are no disruptions or upsets. What worries me is the way disruptions ARE handled. It sounds to me that they will do anything to silence problems and inconveniences instead of considering what really is best for students. This school lashed out at a teacher who did the right thing by protecting his students from violence. Why? I'm assuming it was because of an overblown fear of getting sued. The teacher's "discipline" tells teachers not to give involved in these types of situations, which means that the children are going to be more vulnerable to student-on-student violence. This school permanently dismissed a boy whose necessary medication caused him to behave disruptively. Why? Because they felt that he was too much work. After all, he's just one boy, right? Just one boy who already has numerous obstacles in his life without being rejected by his own school district.
It's nice that the school and the district as a whole are doing nice things, but it sounds like something else is going on beneath the surface. In fact, surface might be the key term. They seem to be working so hard on appearances that they forgot about the children. It's time we do something about it.
May 21, 2008 at 1:28 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
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Lmao. You're too much, Shy.
December 21, 2007 at 12:28 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
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Wow, now we can talk about what the Chieftain wants us to talk about! How inspiring. I hope they publish a story about cookies soon. I like to talk about cookies.
December 14, 2007 at 3:03 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )