A child left our public school and I believe his parents wanted him to go to a private school. He did have more energy and was a distraction (often sent to principal's office and most likely ADHD). I was a helper in the room and do not recall him ever being suspended. I actually have seen other children who are much more violent who have been suspended. These are proactive parents and I figured they found a school better suited for him.
His cousin has been telling people he was expelled. I wish the cousin (another child) would not say these things and give him a label.
I actually have never heard of a child in second grade being expelled. Have you? If so, why?
Yes a child of any age can be expelled if they are shown to be a danger to others.
Just ignore the cousin's talk, kids make up stories all the time, even good, honest kids sometimes make things up, or exaggerate things, for attention or just to be more dramatic/interesting.
I believe they can be expelled, but it has to be pretty extreme behavior. As for what the cousin is saying, that's a family matter and it's none of your business. Treat it like any other gossip and let it go in one ear and out the other and NEVER let it come out of your mouth.
i would make the parents aware of what the cousin is saying and let them decide if the cousin needs to stop or if hes telling the truth. if you are not family then tell the family and leave it at that.
Yes, it can happen. Often times what we see from the outside is nothing compared to what is actually going on. He may or may not have been expelled, but yes, it can happen.
My husband has a co-worker whose kindergarten aged son was expelled from a Catholic school. They claimed they did not have the resources to deal with his behaviors.
I had a third grade student many years ago who was removed from our school because of behavior/mental health issues. It was one of the lowest days in my teaching career. I don't say he was expelled. He was placed at a children's mental health hospital for a year or so. He returned to our school after he finished the treatment program. We had another student who spent a year at the same facility. Both boys had lived through hell before going there.
It does happen, but not often. You probably don't hear about it because of student confidentiality laws.
I have never heard of an elementary student being expelled, I believe in the past schools I've worked at there was detention but never being expelled. I can't imagine how that would even work...
Yes, they can. Our son was suspended a couple times (also with brain disorders, including ADHD and ODD) in elementary school and I know from dealing with that that expulsion was an option. Public schools are far more accommodating than private ones, but still don't have oodles of patience for kids with behavioral issues (even with medical reasons behind them).
Expulsion requires something very extreme, like severe violence or aggression. It may just be that the public school gently "encouraged" the family to find something else before an expulsion and they did.
Our son was kicked out of preschool, but it was a private school. There really isn't any consideration to how young a child is and the effect is has on them. We are fighting a real battle with our son hating school and I look back and wonder just how much that preschool experience scarred him. I know I wouldn't love a kind of place that rejected me.
Yes. There were 2 twin girls who non-stop bullied my daughter and a couple other kids and ended up being expelled. They were all in second grade at the time.
The public school system has to offer a child an education. If they expel him from a regular school, they have to offer to put him in an alternative school.
Mostly, what they need to do is TEST this child and get him some help. Private schools quickly expel a troubled child. They don't HAVE to keep anyone. What are the parents going to do when that happens??
I knew someone whose grandson was expelled from 3 different preschools - for hitting, rough play, not listening to teachers and hurting other students.
I have seen young elementary students expelled for violence and aggression, and I have seen kids who were "encouraged" to move to a different school that is better able to accommodate special needs.
On one hand I think that any school that expels any student is a failed school. Obviously that child needed more care and the school just had too much other stuff and they didn't want to do their job.
I think every single parent who has "that" child needs to make sure the school pays for evaluations, district psychologist coming in doing assessments, disability testing, etc...sometimes a child needs their own aid to help keep them on task or help take them out of the situations so others won't be distracted or hurt.
School district failed this child.
NO ONE should have to leave their school to find one more appropriate. ALL schools should be for anyone who comes. The SCHOOL has a legal and moral obligation to do everything THEY can to meet every child's needs.
They have IEPs and 504 Plans for kids with special needs or medical/mental health issues that need any sort of assistance to have a successful school year.
I would be very cautious if my children were in this school district. If my kiddo needed something more than they were willing to do for him/her then I'd be talking to an attorney and forcing them to do what they are legally obligated to do. They get tons of money for kids who need help. They failed.
I believe that a child has the right to public schooling until he/she is 16 unless there was some sort of misconduct (bringing a gun to school, etc). But even then, they still have the right to an education. But a distracting 7 year old? Nope, it's probably what the cousin's father is saying is the reason for him leaving (something like, they finally expelled the little brat) and the son is taking that at face value.
