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Karen Klein: Students Who Bullied Bus Monitor Suspended

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Dark_Falcon6/30/2012 1:53:17 pm PDT

re: #3 SpaceJesus

I agree with community service and an in-person apology. In fact, I would double the community service. Suspending them from school for an entire year however is completely wrong and counter-productive.

From the article:

The families of all four boys waived their right to a hearing and agreed to the one-year suspensions. During that year, the boys will be educated at the district’s Reengagement Center, described as an “alternative education program [that] keeps middle school students on track academically while providing a structured opportunity for students to take responsibility for their actions.”

So those boys will still be able to learn and get ready to go to high school, but they can forget about getting into any selective high schools for their freshman year.

It remains a very stiff sentence, but a wise one. Damaging but not ruining the lives of the offenders makes clear that being rotten as they were has permanent consequences. A heavy penalty was needed pour encourager les autres.