CB>      The irony is too great to let pass unnoticed.  Lexington, N.C., 
CB> school
CB> officials punish a 6-year-old Romeo for kissing a classmate, while 
CB> school 
CB> officials across the country do nothing about the hundreds, even 
CB> thousands,
CB> of chronically disruptive students who interrupt classroom 
CB> instruction 
    That's why Jonathan Prevette's case got so much attention in the media: 
every reporter knows that while Prevette was sent home for near-nothing, the 
severely-disruptive are not disciplined.
CB> New York City.  School officials there who tried to do the right 
CB> thing by 
CB> disciplining a student who brought a gun to school had their efforts 
CB> completely undone by the courts.
    
    What did the courts see in it?  
    Did the kid get off on some grounds of being "emotionally handicapped" 
and thus not subject to long-term suspension, or was there something else 
involved (at least in some judge's mind!)?
CB> school 
CB> officials must give teachers the tools to deal with the problem, such 
CB> as 
CB> alternative classrooms or schools 
    Alternative-school proposals in the N.C. legislature are being fought by 
black members who fear that too many black kids will end up in them, or that 
teachers will dump black kids into them.  However, alternative schools stand 
a good chance of getting passed here.
CB> rules of conduct or even expulsion for dangerous behavior or 
CB> possession of 
CB> weapons. 
    Federal law already requires long-term suspension for any kid caught with 
a gun at a school getting federal funds.
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