Reply #13: Yes.

[donco6]

I know about the hall duty thing, and I certainly can't blame anyone for not wanting to do it. What I meant to say was that I would rather hire some additional teachers who could double as - I dunno - perhaps permanent subs or counseling interns or social workers - just people who the kids can relate to who won't treat them like criminals. That's what the SROs do and it just does not work.

Your last paragraph is right on.

And the thing is - THIS IS THE COST of education! What we work with now is just unrealistic when stacked up against everything people want schools to be.