Recent content by erin4cy

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    8 year-old assaulted on bus. Advice plz.

    I agree. I was responding to someone saying basically schools can expel anyone they want easily, and that is definitely NOT the case.
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    8 year-old assaulted on bus. Advice plz.

    I live in Iowa....
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    8 year-old assaulted on bus. Advice plz.

    Coming from a former teacher with spouse and other family who are teachers, unless a weapon is involved, expelling is not usually possible.
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    8 year-old assaulted on bus. Advice plz.

    Actually, rules now have made it REALLY HARD for schools to expel special needs kids (IEPs, etc.). So schools are in a tough spot.
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    Iowa Band Investigating "Inappropriate Actions"?

    When I was in band ('99-'04) we had people squirt ketchup and mustard on our uniforms while marching over to the stadium in Iowa City...lovely trying to get that out of white uniforms. As a piccolo in the back of the band, we had to have extra staff back there to help protect us when we...