BetteDavisEyes
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This is why I support zero tolerance. Without it, schools are forced to make decisions about threats.
I read this report a couple of days ago. Is zero-tolerance discipline coming back to schools after the Oxford shooting? (detroitnews.com)
The tragedy at Oxford High School and the staggering rise in threats against Michigan schools that followed have triggered a return to a zero-tolerance approach in student discipline and a hard-line response to student misbehavior by legal authorities.
Suspensions and expulsions from Michigan schools and the arrest of adolescents for making false school threats spiked after the Nov. 30 deadly rampage at the Oakland County school that killed four students.
Children as young as 12 are being criminally charged in connection with making school threats. Wayne County has 42 cases against juveniles. One Metro Detroit school district suspended 13 students in a two-week period in response to threats at their schools.
While pushing troubled students out of school may seem like a solution to preventing another tragedy, legal experts and student advocates warn it could do more harm than good — to both students and the community — and trigger legal ramifications for school districts if state laws aren't followed...