Expelled Students Taking Case To State Supreme Court
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Updated: 8:15 AM Nov 24, 2009
Expelled Students Taking Case To State Supreme Court
Students expelled from Southside High School are taking their legal battle to the highest court in the state.
Posted: 6:32 AM Nov 24, 2009
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Students expelled from Southside High School are taking their legal battle to the highest court in the state.

School officials expelled two students from Southside High School in Chocowinity in Beaufort County after a fight in January 2008. Lawyers for the two girls have argued that they have a right to an alternative education, even if they are expelled from their original school. The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled last month with the Beaufort County Schools decision to expel the students, saying the decision to offer alternative education should rest with local school boards. The Washington Daily News reports that the lawyers for the students are appealing the case to the State Supreme Court.

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Posted by: CH Location: Charlotte, NC on Dec 31, 2010 at 04:38 PM

Joyce, try teaching for one day. I bet you would not make it. Try controlling a class of students whose parents have not raised them with the right structure to receive correction and discipline. It is not a teacher's responsibility to control a classroom. We can set rules and procedures in place but we can't out a gun to a child's head and make them follow those rules. Deal with the stress of managing a classroom with a high risk population of students knowing that you have to keep issues in your classroom or else you will get chewed out for writing a referral. Deal with the classifications that justify misbehaviors by students like a student who is classified as having a "serious emotional disability." That students inappropriate behaviors are attributed to their disability to the extent that federal law prohbits them from being suspended more than ten days even if they cuss out their teachers on a daily basis. Deal with that and then tell me its the teachers faults.
Posted by: Steve Location: greenville on Dec 2, 2009 at 04:43 PM

I was a teacher for 7 years in another county and am currently looking for another position in my field, so I know what is going on in these schools as well. As far as cameras in the classrooms goes it would never fly for the simple reason that these students are minors and some parents would not allow there kids be taped. Also, the cost of setting up all those cameras would be astronomical especially when some schools have over 100 teachers on staff. just my opinion.
Posted by: to Cactus on Dec 1, 2009 at 09:16 PM

With your tax money of course. Since you assume these kids are black. I pay taxes and I feel that all kids should be in school. That is what I pay these lazy teachers to do. So they should shutup and teach or find another profession.
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