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MichiganVote

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58. So you focus on the parent,ok-what about the "professionals" in this school?
Mon Jan 28, 2013, 05:30 PM
Jan 2013

Nobody there has heard of a Behavior Support Plan?

And how do you think Charters get high scores? BlueStreak Jan 2013 #1
I truly hope this mother posts the paperwork documenting these fines. It's an outrage. nt msanthrope Jan 2013 #4
Not just Indiana KamaAina Jan 2013 #55
Corporate for profit charter schools are Riley18 Jan 2013 #2
I think fines are terrible. I hope this mother posts the paperwork associated with these fines. nt msanthrope Jan 2013 #5
Why is a Chicago Teacher's Union Ally sending her child to a charter school? msanthrope Jan 2013 #3
She has buyer's remorse over her former charter school enthusiasm. Starry Messenger Jan 2013 #11
She claimed 3k--now she's claiming it's only 2k? I really wish she would post some proof--- msanthrope Jan 2013 #13
Always defending the same assholes. Blaming the victims. erodriguez Jan 2013 #18
This message was self-deleted by its author UnrepentantLiberal Jan 2013 #22
I am not blaming anyone--I simply want proof of hundreds of detentions logged by this msanthrope Jan 2013 #41
well they got 190,000 in fines dsc Jan 2013 #64
I wonder how much is late pickup fines? I found Amandla Charter fining for late pickup msanthrope Jan 2013 #74
Chicago is unusual; the union was involved in the charter process and runs some charters Recursion Jan 2013 #83
Oh you're so clever... Ad Hominem attack FAIL grahamhgreen Jan 2013 #89
How is being called an ally of a union an attack? nt msanthrope Jan 2013 #91
B/C your attacking the person, instead of their argument. grahamhgreen Jan 2013 #99
They have no argument--only an unproven claim that doesn't seem credible. msanthrope Jan 2013 #100
The OP explicitly states that she cannot transfer the child. demwing Jan 2013 #101
You are incorrect. Here is the Illinois code sections that allow transfer without records-- msanthrope Jan 2013 #102
No, I was not incorrect demwing Jan 2013 #103
So you weren't incorrect, just merely quoting an incorrect statement? nt msanthrope Jan 2013 #104
OK then, I take it back. demwing Jan 2013 #107
Easily disproved stuff only helps Noble. How do you make the case to parents and legislators msanthrope Jan 2013 #108
Do you agree demwing Jan 2013 #109
I wrote downthread that I don't agree with fining for behavior, with the exception of vandalism-- msanthrope Jan 2013 #110
Could it be a better curriculum and environment?? Maybe the fines keep out the troublemakers Pisces Jan 2013 #105
Well--It's the Chicago Bulls Charter Prep. Here's the handbook--they are strict. msanthrope Jan 2013 #106
Noble belongs in Prison Angry Dragon Jan 2013 #6
Exactly Left Coast2020 Jan 2013 #10
Noble DOES belong in prison, along with... bvar22 Jan 2013 #69
How many bad scores does it take to bust a school? Downwinder Jan 2013 #7
I'm kinda torn on this charter verses public school stuff. I don't think the parents should be DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav Jan 2013 #8
Couldn’t be a more horrible idea.... busterbrown Jan 2013 #9
Yes, actually they should be in the same class. mbperrin Jan 2013 #15
no they won't dlwickham Jan 2013 #16
all kids are gifted. HiPointDem Jan 2013 #26
That's simply not true. Ilsa Jan 2013 #31
maybe you can't see it, but they are. that's no lollipop talk, but truth. HiPointDem Jan 2013 #32
You're not making any sense. Ilsa Jan 2013 #33
s "gifted" program gives "special education and extra help". it's you who's making no sense. HiPointDem Jan 2013 #34
I didn't say the gifted program gives Ilsa Jan 2013 #35
you misunderstood me. both special ed programs and gifted programs give students special HiPointDem Jan 2013 #36
I've met gifted children, and their Ilsa Jan 2013 #40
and i believe different. HiPointDem Jan 2013 #62
All kids are above average too nikto Feb 2013 #116
Hate to tell you, but GATE is a form of special education duffyduff Jan 2013 #46
really? dlwickham Jan 2013 #43
ALL students have abilities and talents duffyduff Jan 2013 #47
They don't hand out advanced degrees based on luck and who you know. nt msanthrope Jan 2013 #51
Yes they do MattBaggins Jan 2013 #76
You name one dolt, and you think he represents 99% of Harvard and msanthrope Jan 2013 #79
Oh FFS.. 98% MattBaggins Jan 2013 #80
Is that why doctors hang pictures of the people they know on the walls instead of diplomas. n/t hughee99 Jan 2013 #52
And all kids are good kids. nikto Feb 2013 #112
stupid post. HiPointDem Feb 2013 #114
You just like holding kids back nikto Feb 2013 #115
Kids are resourceful... nikto Feb 2013 #117
You should read my essay on this topic on my tblue37 Jan 2013 #23
"kids that excel will do well under any environment" JVS Jan 2013 #24
No study in the world would support homogeneous student bodies. mbperrin Jan 2013 #14
I've heard mixed reviews from students... onpatrol98 Jan 2013 #19
I don’t think students of that age really have the understanding of both sides of the argument.... busterbrown Jan 2013 #21
Good point... onpatrol98 Jan 2013 #93
Great points. kiva Jan 2013 #111
Actually inclusion was pushed during the Reagan years not to benefit students but duffyduff Jan 2013 #45
Students are absolutely no judge of their education - they have no training and very little critical mbperrin Jan 2013 #81
That is problem#1 in child education today. Always has been. nikto Jan 2013 #27
That is problem#1 in child education today. Always has been. nikto Jan 2013 #28
I specifically stated that each school should get the same funding so that we get each child gets DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav Jan 2013 #53
Same funding for each person who wants to open MattBaggins Jan 2013 #78
Excellent! We could make some of them tend underground machinery Orrex Jan 2013 #42
No, there shouldn't. Public schools are designed to bring communities together duffyduff Jan 2013 #44
So many people want what you suggest MattBaggins Jan 2013 #75
Hi Matt. I wasn't suggesting the schools be used for white flight. We adopted a few of our kids, DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav Jan 2013 #98
You know, the best school systems in the worle are public! grahamhgreen Jan 2013 #90
Public schools have to take him. Marrah_G Jan 2013 #12
Absolutely they do. What I simply cannot understand is how it took 750 detentions for her to do msanthrope Jan 2013 #49
So you focus on the parent,ok-what about the "professionals" in this school? MichiganVote Jan 2013 #58
Do Illinois charters have to give a Behavior Support Plan? I don't think they do. nt msanthrope Jan 2013 #72
Charter schools that receive Federal funds must provide behavioral interventions. MichiganVote Jan 2013 #84
Who says they didn't? The point I have made from the beginning is that msanthrope Jan 2013 #87
A demerit can be not making eye contact with a teacher. knitter4democracy Jan 2013 #60
I have no doubt--but you have to accumulate 4 demerits before a single detention/fine of $5. msanthrope Jan 2013 #70
At those numbers, I wonder how much paperwork exists. knitter4democracy Jan 2013 #86
More on Noble's discipline practices. hay rick Jan 2013 #17
wow...what a money-grabbing scam..... Blue_Tires Jan 2013 #68
In a way, it is satisfying to read about Parents' buyers' remorse, when the school makes them suffer nikto Jan 2013 #20
Amen. knitter4democracy Jan 2013 #38
+1 MichiganVote Jan 2013 #59
+1 Blue_Tires Jan 2013 #67
Shit happens when you sign on a dotted line JVS Jan 2013 #25
Not feeling all that sympathetic, should have known the rules up front, and made the choice. reverend_tim Jan 2013 #29
of course you're not, dear wittle reverend cali Jan 2013 #30
Psychopaths must have much less stressful lives than you or I. Romulus Quirinus Jan 2013 #73
du rec. nt xchrom Jan 2013 #37
Maybe they need $$ for an expensive ad campaign? RandiFan1290 Jan 2013 #39
It's against the law to withhold his report card. proud2BlibKansan Jan 2013 #48
I just looked at the Illinois Code...I think they can withold his report card to her. msanthrope Jan 2013 #50
Just can't beat that fine old 'Students First!!!' attitude MichiganVote Jan 2013 #54
I think it's pretty awful. I wish the mother would post specific msanthrope Jan 2013 #56
Whose infractions? The kid's or the schools. MichiganVote Jan 2013 #57
Well, there you have the problem--this is Illinois State Law, and NCLB. msanthrope Jan 2013 #77
NCLB has nothing to do with the regulations this school violated. MichiganVote Jan 2013 #82
Well, I'm not your partner, but what regulation do you think they didn't follow? msanthrope Jan 2013 #85
Per the rules governing 504 Plans, this child should have been evaluated for a 504 Plan. MichiganVote Jan 2013 #92
Tell me how you know nothing was initiated? Do you have this child's records? nt msanthrope Jan 2013 #94
Do you? Unlike you, I work this stuff. Parents don't go to the press if work is in progress. MichiganVote Jan 2013 #95
I taught kids adjudicated into care. I worked this stuff, too. Then I went to law school. msanthrope Jan 2013 #97
laws are for public schools. HiPointDem Jan 2013 #61
Seriously. It is illegal. proud2BlibKansan Jan 2013 #63
yet apparently they're doing it. i believe a lot of the stunts the banksters pulled were illegal as HiPointDem Jan 2013 #65
Like I said, Mom needs a good lawyer. proud2BlibKansan Jan 2013 #66
Yep. Welcome to the REAL public schools Charter..... MichiganVote Jan 2013 #96
Charter schools are like Lake Wobegone Romulus Quirinus Jan 2013 #71
A new low in the Race To the Toilet initiative. This is criminal, truly criminal. Jefferson23 Jan 2013 #88
Teenagers need Marijuana MORE than they need Charter Schools nikto Feb 2013 #113
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