AISD Trustees: End Suspensions for PK-2nd Grade Students
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Ellen
9 years ago
I'm signing because young children should be able to learn in a way that is supportive of their unique needs.
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Robin Lane
9 years ago
AISD has many tools to help support positive and safe classrooms - like social-emotional learning and restorative justice. Suspension is largely ineffective as a method of punishment, and disproportionately impacts students of color. Austin ISD should follow the lead of districts like Houston and El Paso in ending discretionary suspensions for our youngest students.
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Chloe Sikes
9 years ago
In a time of growing concern regarding the success of students in public education, it is unconscionable to send young children out of the classroom for disciplinary infractions. Research and lived stories tell us that suspensions disproportionately impact students of color, negatively impact academic achievement, and have detrimental life consequences over the long-term. AISD should follow the example of Houston and El Paso, and discontinue this practice.
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Rocio Villalobos
9 years ago
We should provide children with the support they need to do well in school rather than suspend them and thereby reduce the amount of classroom and instruction time they receive. If Austin ISD is truly interested in equity, the school district must address policies that have disproportionately negative outcomes for our students of color and students with disabilities.
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Drew De Los Santos
9 years ago
Children in Pre K should be taught to work things out, not suspended or kicked out of school.
I'm signing because young children should be able to learn in a way that is supportive of their unique needs.
AISD has many tools to help support positive and safe classrooms - like social-emotional learning and restorative justice. Suspension is largely ineffective as a method of punishment, and disproportionately impacts students of color. Austin ISD should follow the lead of districts like Houston and El Paso in ending discretionary suspensions for our youngest students.
In a time of growing concern regarding the success of students in public education, it is unconscionable to send young children out of the classroom for disciplinary infractions. Research and lived stories tell us that suspensions disproportionately impact students of color, negatively impact academic achievement, and have detrimental life consequences over the long-term. AISD should follow the example of Houston and El Paso, and discontinue this practice.
We should provide children with the support they need to do well in school rather than suspend them and thereby reduce the amount of classroom and instruction time they receive. If Austin ISD is truly interested in equity, the school district must address policies that have disproportionately negative outcomes for our students of color and students with disabilities.
Children in Pre K should be taught to work things out, not suspended or kicked out of school.