School administrators: this current mess is YOUR fault. Parents and administrators must step up. Take action!

Kids in classrooms from K to 12 are throwing stuff, spitwadding, on their phones, talking loudly, sexually harassing a nearby girl, bullying the LGBTQ student, vaping and worse - and the teacher is helpless. There's usually one teacher alone in a class with 30 kids. If the teachers try to take action, they are cussed out or worse. No one will come to their rescue. No wonder they are leaving the profession in droves.

Without consequences for bad behavior, schools become an unsafe chaos. They become "Lord of the Flies." Your child's safety and education is on the line.

The chaos sits squarely on the shoulders of the administrators - and parents need to let them know they are to blame. Whenever your child is the victim of bullying, or you believe they've been unfairly disciplined for fighting back, go see them in person. Ask to see a written copy of their behavior matrix. Then probe further: how exactly is this followed with fidelity? What steps did YOU follow before this situation escalated? File a complaint against the administrator whenever warranted. It's a lot easier to do that then homeschool on top of everything else you do.

Administrators listen to parents, but not to teachers. Don't listen to their BS about lack of staff or "she's new," or "I'm working with the teachers on better engagement." Insist they do their job.

Go to school board meetings and speak out. Make an appointment with the school superintendent to make it clear that lack of safety in any school within the district is her/his fault because every school in America must have a staff-wide discipline matrix in place that is fully supported by administrators.

The only system of discipline that most schools have is this: when a teacher sends disruptive students to the school administrators, they return ten minutes later with a treat. Principals follow up by gaslighting the teacher with the message that good teachers don't need to send students to the office.

Administrators: school districts were given grants to implement Multi-tiered Systems of Support (MTSS). If you followed through, and it's not working, then speak up. Since none of you are, I will assume that most districts did the same as mine - took the money and never put the systems in place.

Submitted April 21, 2023 at 07:51AM by MantaRay2256 https://ift.tt/lFH0cYQ