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Donald Vail May 21, 2013 at 08:02 pm
Privileges are granted, rights are earned and protected. High School graduation happens once in a…Read More lifetime. What is the benefit of denying the ceremony? You think it will curb behavior. You might ask what is causing the behavior. What exactly do you achieve by carefully constructing punishment? What result are you looking for? Poor behavior is a result.
Alice Paul May 21, 2013 at 04:44 pm
No one is being stopped from getting a diploma. You still graduate - but the graduation ceremony is…Read More a privilege - not a right. Embarrassing yourself and the town, school etc... has consequences. A carefully constructed policy will be beneficial to the school and the town. If you want to be an idiot - you can stay home on graduation day with your diploma.
Donald Vail May 20, 2013 at 08:50 pm
Boy is this a bad idea! This is like kicking the dog. Let's look at a totally new concept. Perhaps a…Read More school system that has left some children behind might examine the policies that produce students that act out. What happens at school that transforms a fist day excited kindergarten student into an apathetic behavior problem? They must just be bad kids. No, it's the parents. Why is it that the professionals that have students for more time than the parents bear no responsibility for the results except when they are good results? It seems the days of the hickory stick are not that far behind us.
High School seniors have been through 13 years of public school education. I would think some restrained cutting loose was in order. Why would you deny the ceremony for a job well done (or even done at all in some circumstances), after thirteen years for a moment of poor judgement. Even adults sometimes exercise poor judgement, sometimes they are even elected to public service.
Maybe this needs more work on the front end. Because if there are student failures the responsibility isn't theirs alone. Budgets you say. "Kicking the can down the road always costs more in the end. What's that saying, " Pay me now....or pay me later." And the reality is that students need to realize that if they aren't responsible then who? But after all they are students, learning all the time. Even when you think they are not listening.
Certainly if a crime committed, then let the punishment fit the crime and attributed to the individual act alone.
Atonement is perhaps better shared by all, maybe a new age of responsibility is the lesson for graduates. And leave that dog alone.
Donna Pearlman April 22, 2013 at 10:49 am
How wonderful! I remember how much I enjoyed working with the students from China that came here…Read More last summer and it is terrific to see it is working both ways :)
Alice Paul April 18, 2013 at 09:20 am
Mr. Grimes seems to have forgotten what it's like to work in an unsafe school. This should be…Read More implemented in ALL schools - not just West Vine. Stonington continues to show how cheap they are! The safety of our children should be more important than a dollar.
Donald Vail April 10, 2013 at 10:43 am
A successful event. Approximately 300 attendees from New London County, Westerly, and one person…Read More from Pennsylvania. Many educators, parents, and students were in attendance. Drs. Sally and Bennett Shaywitz outlined the characteristics of dyslexia and the scientific evidence showing differences in brain function in dyslexic and normal readers. Dr. Sally Shaywitz also described the interventions necessary to teach dyslexic children to read. Bank Square Books provided copies of "Overcoming Dyslexia" by Dr. Sally Shaywitz, a book signing by the author concluded the evening.
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