Because that would be, clearly, racist.
First, from KRON Channel 4, in the San Francisco bay area:
Oakland Schools: Students who act up, mouth off won’t be suspended
by Mario Sevilla
OAKLAND (KRON) — The Oakland Unified School District has approved a controversial move to eliminate kicking students out of school for swearing at teachers and ignoring instructions.
The school board voted unanimously on Wednesday to no longer allow teachers and administrators to suspend students out of class for non-violent offenses.
Why?
Civil and child rights advocates have been lobbying for such changes based on statistics showing that minority students are disproportionately punished for disobedience.
One commenter in this article indicated: “Future BART employees.” Nicely done.
SFGate.com also weighed in:
Oakland to halt school suspensions for willful defiance
by Jill Tucker
Mouthing off in class or failing to follow a teacher’s instructions will no longer lead to suspension in Oakland schools, a ban that will be phased in and be fully in effect just over a year from now, the school board unanimously decided Wednesday night.
Oakland has been criticized for the disproportionate suspensions, leading to an investigation by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights and a 2012 voluntary agreement that required the district to employ a range of practices that reduced suspensions. Among them are the district’s Manhood Development classes for African American males as well as restorative justice, which requires victims and offenders to talk about the behavior and ways to address it.
Community activists from the Black Organizing Project, Public Counsel and Californians for Justice, among others, applauded the school board vote, but said more was needed to address the needs of disadvantaged students in the district.
Gosh, I wonder just how many Caucasoids there are in the Oakland School District, vs the number of blacks?
Further, could it possibly be that a “disproportionate” number of blacks are suspended because a higher number of blacks actually misbehave?
All this does is reinforce to persons who don’t need this kind of reinforcement that there are no consequences to actions. This is the same school district that validated “Ebonics” in 1996.
The clear bigotry of low expectations.
BZ
They want solutions not suspensions.
Here’s your Solutions:
Show up for classes
Pull up your pants
Lose the dreadlocks
Sit down
Shut up
Open your books
Learn to read and write
Learn standard English
Lose that vulgar M—-F—- and similar vocabulary
Don’t use the N-word or call White people “Cracker” or “Honky”
Stop with the Ebonics and HipHop RapCrap
Don’t bring drugs, booze, guns or knives to school
Don’t do drugs, booze, Purple Drank, Jenkum, etc. Period.
Don’t beat up on your fellow classmates
Don’t impregnate the girls around you
Go directly home from school
Don’t loot or riot or hang out in gangs
Don’t rip the drinking fountains out of the walls at school
Don’t write graffiti or draw Afro-Art on walls or buildings
Don’t beat up on Whitey
When encountered by Police, follow their orders. Period.
Do your homework
Get a part-time job
Honor your mother, and
TRY to find out who and where your father is…
FOR STARTERS.
I don’t think your single comment could have been rivaled by 10 comments.
Well done.
BZ
However,,,,you must face facts.
Namely the IQ of human beings, and their race definitely affects the IQ quotient.
Negroids, are one the the 3 classifications.
IQ average is 85 average.
Now add in how they are raised and not nurtured, is a valid point to base the outcome upon.
Good luck out there doing something to chang this.
Segregation in their original parts of this Earth is the only true answer.
Sorry, facts are facts,,,,,
+1 on Same ol’… And one wonders if there will be suspensions for beat downs, or will THAT be considered not punishable???
Likely the first actual assault “won’t count.” A “freebie,” so to speak because, after all, we want to be “fair” to the poor underprivileged black children who DON’T KNOW that to hit people isn’t proper.
They just weren’t told and didn’t get the memo, don’t you see? Oh wait, first you have to be able to READ the memo.
BZ
Teacher in the Oakland Schools, pack and leave while you can. the inmates have been given the keys to the asylum. Your work here is done because it can no longer be done.
My guess is that teachers there cannot readily acquire jobs in other districts. They may be stuck. But those with sense and mobility have likely already done so.
BZ
Not too long ago, the cry was “The standards are too high for minorities to be LEO’s or firefighters” So they lowered the standards for entry in places like Chicago/LA and Baltimore. Not “openly” of course, but the wink and nod method. Then when shit happens, it’s not because of lower standard passers and affirmative action, its because not enough money was stolen from TAX PAYERS and given to inner cities….
This nation needs a correction, a massive shaking of itself. The dependents are running independents. Which is 180 out from where it should be.
The Parasites are indeed consuming the Hosts. Soon there will be little left of the Host. This country is headed for a very unpleasant correcting point.
BZ
I teach in the open ward called Oakland and believe me this one tips the top for leaving my career. Bye Bye. Ps this is not a color issue, black, white or blue kids all victimize and bully teachers. We are damned if we do and damned if we don’t and are always blamed. I’m checking my victim status out the door. Au revoir, caio, and GOOD LUCK!