COMMUNITY DIALOGUE - Fairfax County Public Schools

COMMUNITY DIALOGUE 

COMMUNITY MEETINGS 

Will Responsive Classrooms be discussed 

Did the SR&R Committee agree to the schedule? It's my understanding they specifically 

requested some of the meetings be held on weekends and/or at times other than evenings 

Will the dialogues be structured so that the community can speak directly to committee members, 

or will we talking to ourselves? 

PARENT NOTIFICATION 

I am a parent with three students currently enrolled at Lees Corner Elementary School. I am 

interested in how the review process is proceeding and would like to ask specifically about the 

discussion on the parental notification issue. 

I am in favor of requiring parental notification to the disciplinary process. I understand that the 

issue is complex, but feel strongly that parents are the key part of the discipline process. 

Are there any more public meetings that will address the issue, or should I compose a letter? Is 

there anyone specifically I should speak to? What resources are available on the web (or in other 

media) for me to review. Thank you for your assistance in this matter. 

Please feel free to contact me via the number below, should you like to discuss anything with me. 

While I can't attend the meeting, I thought I would share a parent's perspective on the policy that 

was in place in 2011. I don't know if it has changed since then, but I found it very concerning that 

before I received a phone call, my child and his property had been searched and he was told to 

confess and sign a statement based on an accusation of another child. Cooper Middle school had 

involved the police and not read him any rights, instead they told him it was in his best interest to 

confess to buying pot from another student. The first I knew about it was after he had written and 

signed something. I'm sure that was not in his best interest and seemed to go against his rights. 

Clearly the Principal and Vice Principal were authority figures and he did as he was told, but I 

don't think they should have that right with minors 

I would like to state that when children are accused of violating the rules beyond misbehaving, the 

parents must be notified immediately. Teachers/Counselors and Principals should not take on the 

job of "interrogating" the child without the parent's knowledge AND presence of the parents. 

School staff should be responsible for allowing the child to contact his/her parents to inform them 

about teh situation as well. 

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Bottom line, a child should not be confined without his parents to face the staff when a serious 

incident is on the table as this would have further implication on the child's psychological state adn 

how he perceives the school and the staff authority. 

SR&R 

Having had four children in FCPS, two already graduated and one about to graduate, I encourage 

you to add the following to your discipline policy so children are not marginalized and are given a 

chance to redeem any errors in judgment they might make. I believe a punitive approach to 

discipline is a failure in our school system because it marginalizes kids and doesn't give them a 

chance to improve. This has caused several suicides. This is unconscionable. 

I believe the following should be added to the SRR booklet: 

• Parent notification - Except in exigent circumstances (i.e., immediate danger to person or 

property) parents must be notified before students are questioned or asked to sign 

statements 

• Each individual school should be allowed to administer its discipline as it sees fit. 

Evidence-based disciplinary policies - Data shows, overwhelmingly, that punitive actions that push 

kids out of school do NOT work. School districts around the country are shifting from zerotolerance 

to prevention and intervention 

I am strongly opposed to zero tolerance disciplinary practices being used in FCPS, especially with 

regard to drugs or weapons. I believe that each incident should be resolved based on the 

circumstances of the specific case, and that parents should be brought into the process at the 

very beginning of any proceedings. 

I feel that the FCPS system is doing students and the community more harm than good when they 

summarily expel students discovered possessing any amount of any item that can be classified as 

a drug or weapon. 

My son went through this experience 3 years ago. He was banished to the Reston self learning 

site. Most of the kids there fell way behind. We were lucky, he finished two years of high school in 

6 months (tells another story) and went on to get a good job. However, to this day he is very bitter 

and feels like he missed his youth. While he made a mistake, he should have had to work hard to 

redeem himself, prove himself worthy of staying in his school and got some help. However, he 

was tossed aside. He was very honest when he was questioned by the school and admitted his 

mistake. His reward......an attack on his character at the "hearing" and expulsion. He even told 

them where the kids sell pot. They laughed at him and told him that was his perception. At that 

moment he decided never to trust anyone or admit his mistakes. 

Suspend the kids and set up an earn back program with check points each month on progress. If 

they miss to meet expectations twice, they are out. At least you give them hope and something to 

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work towards and provide a little support. Abolish that ridiculous "Hearing Board". All they do is 

impose the sentence after they express their opinions on your character. Waste of time and 

money. 

If this does not change I would strongly encourage every kid to memorize this: "I don't recall", Let 

me call my lawyer". 

I find that the SR and R is very well written. I have teenagers as well as younger children and my 

only comment (anonymously, please) is that, in particular to dress code, some of the high schools 

do not enforce this enough. There are girls with pencil skirts up to their bottoms and even 

teachers dressing inappropriately with low cut sweaters, etc. I would say that needs to be 

addressed within the schools themselves but as for the SR and R book, it's excellent. 

I will probably not be able to attend the upcoming meetings but wanted to express my concern for 

what I feel is too lenient of a punishment for bringing a gun to school. If I am reading the SR&R 

correctly, I walk away with the understanding that there is a required 10 day suspension with the 

recommendation for expulsion. (If I am not reading this correctly, please let me know). As a 

parent and alumni of Robinson where a student chose to bring a gun to school recently, it horrifies 

me that she could ever be allowed back at Robinson or any Fairfax County School. Bringing a 

loaded gun to school should be grounds for immediate, permanent expulsion. With all the daily 

shootings in America and attention that this issue is receiving, I would think this should be 

discussed and easily agreed upon. There should be no leniency for anyone who brings a gun to 

school. 

This is to say that the current policy is much improved over the previous, inflexible one. I had 

experience with the earlier one which I found very unsatisfactory and would not pass the 

ridiculous test. 

(My third grader was suspended for two days for a pencil poke that did not break the skin.) Thank 

you for changing it. 

When will the preliminary recommendations of the committee be available for review prior to the 

community dialogues? 

I wish to ask that the ad-hoc committee evaluate the current Student Rights 

and Responsibilities Handbook for the inclusion of teacher/student bullying. FCPS state that one 

of their missions is to provide a safe environment conducive to learning. The current handbook 

only mentions student/student bullying. There have been incidences where teachers have 

bullied/harassed students. The current handbook fails to address this situation. I believe that a 

simple look at other school systems, Baltimore County as an example, handbooks will show that 

teacher/student bullying has been specifically mentioned. 

I regret that I will not be able to attend the SR&R meetings but wanted to share my views and 

strong support for the following changes to Student Rights and responsibilities for FCPS. I 

strongly encourage FCPS to adopt the following: 

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Parent notification - Except in exigent circumstances (i.e., immediate danger to person or 

property) parents must be notified before students are questioned or asked to sign statements 

Student rights - Students have a constitutional right to remain silent, which should be stated 

outright in the SR&R. Any student who declines to answer questions about possible disciplinary 

infractions should not be declared insubordinate or disrespectful. 

Prevention first - Prevention, Intervention, Rehabilitation and Restoration (PIRR) efforts are 

preferred over punitive measures. 

Prevention is safer. Intervention is instructive. Rehabilitation and restorative justice turn negative 

situations into learning experiences that heal. 

Evidence-based disciplinary policies - Data shows, overwhelmingly, that punitive actions that push 

kids out of school do NOT work. 

School districts around the country are shifting from zero-tolerance to prevention and 

intervention. 

I have had personal experience with some of the current adverse SR&R and FCPS discipline 

policies and know that they have an extremely negative effect on FCPS students and their 

families. I am happy to share my experience if needed. 

This e-mail is submitted to the FCPS Ad Hoc Community Committee on Students Rights and 

Responsibilities as feedback on the committee's preliminary recommendations for changes to the 

SRR Handbook. 

I write as the parent of two children who attended and graduated from FCPS, one of whom taught 

for several years in several school systems, albeit not in FCPS. I draw on my personal 

experience observing my children's classes for one day each year in K through 8th grade, on my 

daughter's experience teaching in several school systems, on my many conversations with 

veteran teachers around the county, many first-person books by teachers and principals, 

and many comments by veteran teachers and principals on education websites and blogs. 

The SRR Handbook as well as the preliminary recommendations for changes largely focus on 

issues raised by serious misconduct. 

However, according to veteran teachers and principals -- particularly from low-SES-area schools - 

- the major obstacle to effective instruction is not serious misconduct but rather endemic minor 

misconduct. This misconduct constantly disrupts instruction, causes teacher burnout, and creates 

on-going peer pressure among students that perpetuates the endemic minor misconduct. Such 

minor misconduct includes, for example, momentary tardiness, talking to friends during class, not 

paying attention to instruction, asking superficially reasonable questions or making superficially 

reasonable requests solely to get attention or to "test" the teacher, moving around the classroom, 

rocking back and forth in the chair, dropping books or pens, fooling around on computers, making 

attention-getting noises or gestures, and ignoring or challenging routine teacher directives. 

It appears that in FCPS, as in most school systems, teachers and principals are pretty much on 

their own regarding such minor misconduct -- that is, there is no FCPS-endorsed approach to 

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classroom management or discipline policies at the teacher or principal level that 

directly addresses how best to prevent or remedy the minor misconduct. As a consequence, it is 

likely that some teachers condone minor misconduct that should not be tolerated and that some 

teachers react to minor misconduct with overly harsh or otherwise unproductive responses. It is 

similarly likely that principals vary widely regarding what they expect teachers to do when faced 

with minor misconduct as well as regarding the support -- or condemnation -- that principals 

provide to teachers who seek to establish and enforce appropriate behavior standards. 

The SRR Handbook (like media coverage of school discipline issues generally) promotes a 

legalistic/due-process approach to behavior and discipline issues. Such an approach may be 

appropriate when the alleged misconduct involves serious misconduct (guns, drugs, fighting) or 

raises serious constitutional issues (censorship, locker searches). However, a legalistic/dueprocess 

approach is inappropriate -- and counter-productive -- when the alleged misconduct 

involves routine day-in-day-out admittedly wrong but minor classroom disruptions. In these latter - 

- and much more common -- situations, the legalistic/due-process approach creates unnecessary 

obstacles to quick/efficient disciplinary consequences. 

It is time to put the discipline back in the hands of the teachers administrators. All students need 

to understand there are consequences to their actions! Not everyone gets a trophy, not everyone 

gets an A on the test....but work hard and good things will happen! Let's get back to the basics 

and teach kids how to think..... not what to think !!! 

" give a man a fish and feed him for a day....teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime " 

As a parent of two children who attend or attended FCPS, I would like to share some thoughts on 

student discipline: 

Principals should have fairly wide discretion about whether or not to report certain types of 

infractions to the police. 

Punishments should be meted out for undesirable behavior, but should probably be more 

creative than suspension from school. Suspension seems to make the problems that the 

student and his/her family are facing even worse. 

I think that suspension and expulsion should be used only when the safety of the students and 

faculty/admin are at risk because of the student’s behavior, or for chronic repeated offenses. 

I would hope that principals and guidance depts., or other trained staff, attempt to uncover and 

address the cause of the student’s behavior. Sometimes the cause could be immaturity or 

boredom, but it could also be something that requires counseling or other services for the 

student and the family. 

I hope that you are soliciting comments from students, as well as from adults. Many times, 

students know better than we, exactly what is going on in the schools and why. They would 

also have ideas about what would be effective discipline. 

I live in Centreville zip 20121, Sully District, and have a son, 9 grader, in Centreville HS. 

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I recently had a real experience on how the school handled discipline and I would like to 

contribute my opinions to make our school system better. 

Purpose: 

School is the first place to show student the right things to do. Therefore, discipline authorized 

persons must fully investigate; understand a circumstance that leads to an incident. They must be 

fair and careful when judging student mistake before handing down a verdict. 

Suggestion: 

Student must have a right to contact parents before writing down a record at school officer 

request. The reason is that they are under 18, they are so soft, scare even panic while writing 

down anything that can later against them. 

All parties involved in the incident must be considered and evaluate fairness. All parties must 

know the level of discipline others. Avoid discrimination or cover up. 

Parents must be conferred to induce the first discipline to avoid school officer's subjective, not 

fully understand an incident and emotional decision. 

What are inside the package bring home to parents? Is there a student’s report on the incident? 

There must be a list of some must have items. Parents must fully acknowledge on what their child 

did and wrote. 

What if the school did not follow the standard procedure as listed in the handbook? For 

example, in the student handbook page 44 ( 2,c,1) notes school gives student a discipline 

decision and the right to appeal. However, school just said to student “ You got one day 

suspension” and that is it. 

It isn’t a common sense to appeal to the Principle about Assistant Principal’s discipline decision. 

They are the same system and the decision will be uphold. It costs time to parents; they leave 

work, lost income to appeal a not-good decision that affects to their child’s life. They sit, wait and 

hope then finally find out that the Principle did not even know their child’s name. 

My suggestion is having an independent board (parents, different school personnel or special 

board ) to review a appeal to avoid moving thing from left hand to right hand of the same person. 

If a review found that school officer did not follow the handbook procedure, the case will be 

dismissed. 

English is not my first language, so sorry if it confuses you. I can answer your questions if you 

want. 

I told my son is that “ I see in the screen many times, the police arrests an adult suspect with an 

announcement : you have the right to keep silent until you have a lawyer. In your case, a 14-yearold 

student was forced to write a report on what happened in panic without parents acknowledged 

and got an unilateral verdict without any mention – right to appeal. The other two who were 

involved in the same incident, one was not even mentioned and the other who directly triggered 

the incident got nothing.” 

School behavior should be a standard to everyone. 

Fairness and non-discrimination must be a standard in school. 

I never want anyone experience the same thing as I did so I write this email. 

This comment is for the Ad Hoc Committee that is reviewing Fairfax County’s school disciplinary 

practices and the Student Rights and Responsibilities Handbook. I have concerns about the 

implementation and enforcement of the dress code that is listed on page 14 of the current 

handbook. I don’t really have concerns about the published dress code itself. It seems to me a 

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reasonable response to an issue that is inherently difficult to codify. 

My experience as a parent, however, is that the schools’ the enforcement of the policy 

is confusing and inconsistent. The problem came to our attention last week, when I received a 

call at work from my tearful daughter (a sixth-grader at Kent Gardens Elementary) to say that she 

had been “dress-coded” by the principal because her shorts did not extend past her fingertips 

when her arm was extended, and that I needed to come to the school. I did so (from downtown 

D.C.). The principal told me that the shorts violated the “fingertip” rule – a rule she stated is 

countywide – and did not make any claim that the shorts are revealing or tight (they definitely are 

not). I pointed out that the shorts were in fact my daughter’s favorite pair and that she had worn 

them numerous times at Kent Gardens in the spring and fall, including in her school picture, 

without anybody at the school ever saying a word. In light of that history, we can only view the 

principal’s dress-coding action as arbitrary. The principal agreed that I had a valid point, but I’m 

not sure what she will do about it. The incident was certainly a problem for me because I missed 

work, but suggests an even bigger problem for the school system because Inconsistent 

enforcement creates confusion about what the rules actually are, and fosters disrespect for the 

rules and rule makers. 

This incident led me to have further discussions with my sixth-grade daughter and also my 

eight-grade daughter who attends Longfellow. They both reported various ways in which the 

dress code is enforced erratically or inconsistently. For example, they both said that some rules, 

such as the “fingertip” rule for shorts, are rarely enforced at all. My eighth-grader said there is 

more enforcement in general in middle school, although she said that some teachers enforce the 

rules more than others. In addition, there appears to be inconsistency in how the code is 

enforced. At Longfellow, offenders are usually told to change into their gym clothes, and parents 

are only contacted in the case of repeat offenders. Relatedly, my daughters noted that “first 

offenders” are often just warned – a reasonable approach that was not utilized with my sixthgrader. 

Whether or not my daughters’ observations/perceptions are correct, the bottom line is that 

they unfortunately view enforcement of the dress code as arbitrary and a way in which kids can be 

“unfairly” singled out for behavior that they thought was OK. 

Perhaps part of the problem is that some schools have grafted overly strict “rules” onto the 

dress code guidelines listed in the handbook. I don’t see the “fingertip” rule for shorts in the 

handbook, which only prohibits shorts that are actually revealing or indecent. The “fingertip” rule 

goes much further and, in fact, prohibits clothing that kids routinely wear in public and elsewhere. 

My guess is that this is why school staff simply are not willing to enforce it. And I applaud their 

common sense. Frankly, I think that the principal’s actions at Kent Gardens last week did more to 

bring attention to my daughter’s shorts than the shorts themselves have ever aroused. My 

daughter was truly embarrassed by being singled out, and I don’t see what purpose was served 

by the “dress-coding” action. 

Whatever the handbook says, my view is that inconsistent enforcement of the dress code is 

as bad as – if not worse than – no enforcement. Kids need to know what they can and cannot do, 

and they certainly have no respect for rules that are enforced only at the whim of teachers and 

administrators. I urge the Committee to consider not only how the handbook reads, but also how 

it is enforced on the ground at the schools. Thank you for receiving this comment. 

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MISCELLANEOUS 

I do not anticipate being able to attend the Community Dialogue meetings. Please accept my 

input below. 

I am strongly opposed to zero tolerance disciplinary practices being used in FCPS, especially with 

regard to drugs or weapons. I believe that each incident should be resolved based on the 

circumstances of the specific case, and that parents should be brought into the process at the 

very beginning of any proceedings. 

I feel that the FCPS system is doing students and the community more harm than good when they 

summarily expel students discovered possessing any amount of any item that can be classified as 

a drug or weapon. 

I'm writing because I recently graduated from the University of Virginia and wrote my senior thesis 

on the efficacy and morality of zero tolerance policies. 

I wanted you to know that I first became interested in this topic after reading about the tragic 

deaths of both Josh Anderson (whose sister was in my graduating class at TJHSST) as well as 

your son, Nick. Please know that I am so sorry for your loss. Having three younger siblings, I felt 

deeply for your family during that difficult time. Indeed, it is because of the Nick and Josh that I 

chose to research the topic of zero tolerance across the country and to produce my senior thesis. 

I applied for grants from the University and spent three weeks last summer driving through the 

Midwest and interviewing school administrators to gauge how they understand and implement 

zero tolerance policies. As I'm sure you know, these policies are in place in almost every school 

district across the country in some form but, as I discovered through my research, the term "zero 

tolerance" is not clearly defined and administrators vary widely in the ways in which they choose 

to implement these policies. Indeed, some administrators are quietly rebelling against policies that 

they see as unjust by choosing not to implement them. 

I'm sure you have plenty of people who know much more than me that are advising you on the Ad 

Hoc Community Advisory Committee on the SR&R, but I wanted to reach out and express my 

condolences as well as to offer any help. I would be happy to send along a copy of my thesis or to 

speak with you about my experiences researching zero tolerance if you feel I could be of any help. 

I feel very strongly about this topic and cannot tell you how relieved and excited I am to see some 

real progress being made in this area. Fairfax County's disciplinary process was in serious need 

of reform and I'm glad to hear that someone has taken up the mantle. 

I was unable to make the community dialogues but wanted to register my opinion for any changes 

to the SR&R. I believe that: 

1) students have a right not to self-incriminate, 

2) parents have a right to be notified before their kids are questioned, 

3) the SR&R should delete punitive practices and implement proven preventive and 

intervention approaches, 

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4) we should adopt a Second Chance program for first-time marijuana users, and 

5) we need to implement later HS start times to reduce sleep deprivation to improve 

student reasoning abilities which will reduce bad behavior choices. 

I hope that you can honor these requests since I know they are the same as the 

recommendations of 

Fairfax Zero Tolerance Reform so many, many FCPS parents support these changes. 

I have two children currently in FCPS elementary schools and was closely involved with a niece 

who attended FCPS K-12 graduating in 2009. As a concerned parent I ask that you please 

consider the following points as FCPS reviews it's discipline policy and revises the SR&R: 

FIRST: Adopt and Anti-Bullying Program 

FCPS does not have an anti-bullying program. FCPS has a definition of bullying, an empty 

statement that bullying is not tolerated, and a day where kids wear red shirts and make posters 

that say “Say NO to drugs and bullying”. Bullying awareness is so mainstream these days and yet 

FCPS, which considers itself a nationwide leader, is very far behind the ball. The current ‘policy’ 

is lip service and the result is that FCPS encourages aggressive behavior by its lack of action 

against it. 

It is time for FCPS to turn to an outside source with proven bullying expertise. One I know of from 

reading, and also from a friend whose school district (in Seven Fields, PA) just adopted it, is 

based on the research of Dan Olweus. I’m sure there are others and that it would be easy to form 

a committee to research options for FCPS to consider. 

The effort to revisit and re-vamp the SR&R handbook is incomplete to a point of negligence if it 

does not finally address bullying in Fairfax County Schools! 

The current SR&R doesn’t say what the schools are responsible to do to protect children whose 

rights are violated by other students. This document needs to state clear consequences for 

SR&R violations. Students, parents and school administrators need to be on the same page from 

the start for any program to work. 

FCPS does not currently provide administrators with effective means to deal with today’s 

problems. A bully’s right to public education should not trump other’s rights to safety and an 

environment conducive to learning but in FCPS it currently does. 

SECOND: Decrease FCPS involvement regarding student’s illegal actions 

The handbook has a lot to say about students bringing illegal drugs, weapons, etc to school. It 

has more to say about that than about expected behavior and consequences of violating SR&R. 

My opinion is that the schools should call the police and stay out of it when an illegal action 

happens on a school campus. Police departments should be capable of handling issues involving 

minors with discretion, etc. Schools have enough to do without enforcing the law. FCPS could 

simply cite illegal activity on campus as a violation of SR&R, albeit one of the highest, and treat it 

the same as any other activity which could cause equal harm to others. 

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LAST: Create an Alternative School to handle serious SR&R violators 

I think students who are aggressive to the point of physically or mentally harming others (via 

bullying, physically harming, threatening, bringing illegal drugs to school with intent to sell, 

bringing weapons to school) should be removed from the main school system and placed in an 

alternative public school staffed by people specially trained to deal with these problems. There 

should be an opportunity to return to general FCPS schools depending on the severity of the harm 

caused to another student, and the degree to which the student demonstrates appropriate 

behavior consistent with SR&R. Yes, I’m talking about some sort of public reform school with a 

parole option. I understand that this is old school and not politically correct. However, it would be 

more effective and cognizant of the general student body’s rights than what is happening now. 

I would like to express my opinion that the list of what kids can not do in school has gotten way 

out of hand. Almost every day my 5-year old comes home with another account of something that 

is forbidden. I find the school atmosphere not encouraging but stifling and heavy-handed. The 

public school mantra is heavy on how each child is "special" and "individual", but the reality seems 

to be an attempt to control every move a child makes from kindergarten on, and to create a 

lockstep classroom. Some examples: children cannot run on the playground; children cannot 

play chase or tag; children cannot bang their play cars together; children cannot touch each other. 

When I was a youngster, teachers would report to the parent if a child was hitting or pushing; in 

this crazy down the rabbithole universe of public school today, I get reports that my child is 

"touching" other children and I do not even know what kind of touching it is- apparantly, any 

touching is verboten, even a hug. I have a very negative view of the public school system at this 

time, and have even considered homeschooling. I also look at the scowl on a teacher who is 

recounting my child's misdemeanors and I wonder, where is the joy? Just a few thoughts 

Here is a recent case that presented itself to me and brings to mind the disastrous effect of a lack 

of notification of parents and zero tolerance policy. 

A 7th grade student at Robinson Secondary (name withheld for confidentiality), was talking to a 

friend at a table, ironically enough, in a peer mediation class. It was the day of the Mayan Doom 

prediction. They were talking about a popular video game that most boys this age play. They were 

discussing ways to kill zombies, combined with the idea that the world might come to an end this 

day. They were discussing various fantasy weapons when another student overheard and then 

reported it to the teacher, who was young and inexperienced. She reported it to an administrator 

who sent it up the line. This was first period. The student was grilled for at least four hours without 

his parent there, who I would hope, would tell him to say nothing. The student like most, thinking 

that all they needed to do was tell the truth, did so, with catastrophic effect. The counselor and 

various other intimidating school officials swarmed the student. By the time that the parent was 

called this student was being referred for a psych evaluation. His locker had been searched as 

well. The parent resisted (good parenting) and said that she would take the student to a local 

facility herself. She took the student to Dominion and even though the student was never seen by 

a mental health professional for an evaluation, it was determined that he must stay overnight for 

observation. (he would, of course, be drugged as well) The parent was told that she could not take 

her student home, even though it was plainly stated on the intake the it was "voluntary". The 

parent declined and took the student to the local emergency room the next day. As a result 

Dominion called Child Protective Services. The psychiatrist at the emergency room gave this 

student a full clean release and said that he was ready to go back to school. This was not good 

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enough for CPS who demanded that the mother take her student to an independent practitioner, 

which is where I met them. The family went on a short trip that weekend and when they got back 

the neighbors reported that the police were looking for them. CPS had called the police. 

The family is now at risk in this system. The student was not allowed to return to the class and 

they sit in a room by themselves for a block period every other day. 

This is the definition of insanity. Disgusting. 

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