District: Expulsions are on the decline
JANESVILLE--Expulsions in the Janesville School District continue their dramatic low levels compared with just a few years ago.
An official said one of the reasons is that students are behaving better.
The school board last week voted to expel just the 10th student this year. Compare that with the all-time record—58 expulsions in 2005-06.
The middle school student was expelled for possessing marijuana on school grounds, one of the most common expulsion offenses. He or she is expelled through the end of the upcoming fall semester.
The student could return to school in the fall, however, if he or she gets treatment and complies with a list of conditions, including submitting to searches and urine analysis whenever school officials or police ask.
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May 29, 2012 at 8:59 a.m.
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Ask any teacher in this district about how they feel about the expulsion rate. Should be 10X what actually gets expelled. Students can get away with just about anything and then get 2 or 3 more chances before they finally get booted. Teachers are tired of dealing with the students that are in school to only disrupt the learning environment. They don't care about their grades so they try to make it hell for everyone else. The district is afraid to have expulsions too high because they will look bad in the paper. Teachers and students who care are the ones suffering. It just gets old. Again I beg you to ask a high school or middle school teacher their views on this LOW expulsion rate.
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