SweetSue92
Diamond Member
In my day and when my children were still in the public schools, the parents would be called in and advised that such students are not functioning well in the public school and are an unacceptable distraction to the other students. The parents would have to figure out some other way to educate their kids. And if they refused to do so they would lose their kids until they were able to parent competently.
But that was when people had common sense, cared about the children, and expected adults to be responsible and accountable, were expected to teach their kids to be socially acceptable, were expected to house, feed, properly clothe the children they brought into the world.
The public schools were not day care centers by another name and were not expected to parent the kids but rather educate them in core subjects that would serve them well as responsible, accountable adults.
I'm here to tell you that in many cases they are beyond day care centers. They are day TREATMENT centers for mental, emotional and behavioral disorders you can probably barely imagine. Parents don't know what to do with these kids, so they expect the schools to treat them.
And then, frankly, teachers get blamed when we can't. It's a circle the drain situation. It really is.