tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post8978809059506068584..comments2024-03-28T02:21:17.452-07:00Comments on Seattle Schools Community Forum: Seattle Student Senate Statement on Discipline InvestigationMelissa Westbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-60056368113923737952013-03-06T20:12:41.548-08:002013-03-06T20:12:41.548-08:00Comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable....Comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.<br /><br />Sue in Zen FieldAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-5563421146210206692013-03-06T16:41:52.662-08:002013-03-06T16:41:52.662-08:00Actually, the highest rate of disproportionality ...Actually, the highest rate of disproportionality in discipline is for students with disabilities. That is an overlooked (and seemingly unimportant) issue. This is based on per incidence data. Most measures count per student data. So, if lots of students get discplinary action, then it counts many times. But if you use per incident data, and count each incidident, then we see that special ed students bear the brunt of inappropriate discipline. Further there is overwhelming evidence that many incidents are never recorded at all. Parents are called under the radar to come and pick up their students - and that is never recorded. If students with disabilities are excluded from classes for more than 10 days - the district must hold a "manifestation hearing", and consider the sources of the behavior. It's just so much easier to send the kid home - and not record it, and not hold the pesky manifestation hearing, and, at the end of the day, not educate the child. Isn't that just a lot easier?<br /><br />-sped parentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com