Comments on: ACLU report says guidelines needed for police in schools

By: physal

physal — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:15:14 +0000

Texas Report: Physical Restraint Used More Than 18,000 Times Last School Year.
The Texas Tribune (11/6, Ramshaw) reports that Texas educators “forcibly pinned down students with disabilities more than 18,000 times in the last school year, sometimes injuring them in the process.” A Texas Tribune “review of state data shows public school educators used so-called ‘physical restraints’ – a tool to control or discipline students with disabilities – roughly 100 times a day during the 2007-08 school year.” According to the Tribune, “Educators say restraints are sometimes the only way to prevent disasters. … But disability rights advocates say the numbers point to a crisis in Texas special education,” as teachers “are resorting to physical restraints because they aren’t properly trained to manage their students’ disabilities – posing a threat to vulnerable children and to themselves.”

By: physal

physal — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:50:37 +0000

I’m sure that the ACLU is not thrilled with the police being on campus at all. They will have a much harder time suing school districts for teachers, administrators, and support staff who happen to try and stop fights, aggressive behaviors, and major class threats. If the police are there to observe and take care of any problems it will be harder to get districts to settle$

Also since many SRO’s happen to fit the major demographics of the students in the schools they represent it is harder to get other lawsuits going…

The bottom line is that parents aren’t disiplining, the schools really can’t (thanks ACLU), and the justice system is where we are stuck looking to. The system is was never meant to handle the extreme amount of crime that is happening in this country. There is no system that can handle the amount of crime Americans and others are willing to commit. It takes an average of 6 convictions before a criminal goes to prison. Please note that I wrote “average” and that is convictions, not arrests.

The only system that can even begin to prevent the vast amount of problems with children is the family, that is where we need to look.

By: Natalie

Natalie — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:53:05 +0000

There’s also the issue that throwing kids in the juvenile justice system and locking them up only leads to creating a culture of deviance. A recent scientific study found that delinquent behavior is contagious in these type of settings i.e. jail, juvenile detention, etc. Also, once in the system as a juvenile, the chances of ending up in the adult justice system are much more great. According to the study, the emphasis should be on prevention programs and minimizing the numbers of delinquents in a program together. For more on the study, see http://askthejudge.info/is-delinquent-behavior-contagious/2643/#more-2643