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Thursday, October 2, 2008
When students are accused
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Before jumping into today’s topic I owe you an apology for not providing a post yesterday. I was off observing Rosh Hashanah Tuesday and Wednesday and a glitch on my part left Get Schooled with nothing new.
Back to business … A community coalition is providing parents with training on how to protect their children when they get in trouble at school.
This group says too many parents don’t know how the discipline process works. Parents don’t know that school administrators can interview their children without their permission.
Parents also are ignorant to the fact they can hire lawyers, question administrators, line up character witnesses and review the facts against their child, the coalition says.
Are you aware of your system’s discipline policies? Do you think some administrators take advantage of parents’ ignorance?
