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Originally Posted by darbs
Here in IL it's "battery" by ILCS(IL Compiled Statutes) and punishable by up to one year in jail. "Assault" would be the threat, "I'll kick your fxxxing axx".
I'm pretty sure here at our HS that offender would have been arrested and had a nice 5 day(or more) suspension.
If the student has a history (3 or more physical altercations in a certain time frame coupled with nature of offense) they could be up for expulsion...
While it does happen and I deal with it here at work weekly at the most, I still can't wrap my head around the random-ness of the act.
Poor Parenting comes to mind...
Thanks Richard!
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In my opinion, being the parent of a child in the IL school system we have gone off the deep end.
If my child is attacked at school, if she defends herself, she will be suspended for the same amount of time as the person who struck her in the first place. She knows how to defend herself and she knows I will support her 100% if she does so.
She is not allowed to talk about racial charged subjects in the classroom, but the principle wears a Black Pride tshirt to registration day.
She is not allowed to discuss her Christian upbringing because it could offend someone.
You wouldn't believe some of the other stuff in the school handbook.
I know that there needs to be rules for the kids to follow, but at what point do we allow them to express themselves without fear of repercussion in a learning environment.
Let me tell you if someone strikes my child and she gets in trouble for defending herself we will be going to see a lawyer.