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I think you missed my point. The Catholic school did NOT expel the students who talked back to teachers, did not do their homework or cut classes. They worked with the parents to change this behavior and kept them in school.

They expelled students that struck teachers, brought guns to school or dealt drugs. Basically this was insuring that gangs did not run the school and teachers and students would be safe.

Expelling these students is an immediate solution for the school, the teachers and their students.

As for these expelled kids dealing drugs, beating up teachers, carrying guns and in many cases part of a violent gang- agree do not have a solution for them.It seems no one has a solution.

They commit violence, go into the criminal justice system and become career criminals.

But I had an immediate issue, keep my son safe, and eliminating the violent and dangerous students was the best solution. I am not going to risk my son’s safety.

The Catholic school had some very poor students who attended on scholarship. They were motivated to learn, worked hard with many getting to go on to college.

The school expelled wealthier kids who were violent.

And the Catholic school did not expel these students without a worry, they did it to protect everybody else. I find your use of “troubled student” rather glib. I am sympathic to troubled students, just not the violent ones.

So you have two problems, keeping your child safe and helping not troubled children but violent ones. What do you do? I chose keeping my child safe. It solved my immediate problem and the problem that required me to act as a responsible parent.

What about the violent kid, can we find a solution for him/her? Would be nice, do not have a solution. It seems no one has an easy solution for violence.

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