I am writing today because I am frustrated and I don’t see things changing. I am a parent and a teacher of over 30 years. Classrooms are experiencing things that the public needs to hear about. I am seeing students causing havoc and chaos in and around our school on a daily basis. I am seeing physical abuse of adults and students. I am seeing the destruction of classrooms. Students are throwing things like desks, chairs, books, scissors etc. This is happening daily and students and staff are getting hurt on a daily basis.
School is supposed to be a safe place for all children. This is not a safe place anymore. Our students are seeing that it is okay to hit, kick, cuss, spit, bite and destroy property. Our students are having to be removed from their safe classroom to let these extreme behaviors to finish. THIS IS CAUSING TRAUMA for many of our kids. This is not equitable and it is dangerous to everyone who is in contact with this behavior.
We are not providing a place for all kids to learn. The least restrictive environment needs to occur. If a child needs extra support (tier 3 ) we are required to find that and give that to students. If a child does not have the social emotional learning behavior, academic learning cannot occur. All children deserve our best. Children need to learn boundaries and natural consequences. If this doesn’t happen early in a child’s school career, it makes it more difficult to change later.
These situations are not being handled and teachers aren’t being listened to. We are seeing and hearing about these violent behaviors more and more and the documentation that has been done. In fact, it is getting worse because some students are seeing this negative attention and want that attention as well. Attention whether positive or negative, is attention.
Every adult who is involved with these students and makes district decisions need to come and observe. The teachers are getting burned out, emotionally scarred and mentally drained. The students who observe this behavior are not getting the best of the adults, they are not getting the best education, they are getting traumatized and conditioned to think that this extreme behavior is okay. This is not okay.
The students who need more support, deserve this support and deserve to have a classroom that meets their needs as well. We need to do better for ALL students.
Our kids deserve to have a safe place to learn. Please, please work with the staff, student and parents to create a safe, loving, learning environment for all kids.
A concerned child advocate for change.
Submitted April 12, 2023 at 05:26PM by Bill_Smith241 https://ift.tt/f7rmydO
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