Comments on: Schools roundup https://www.overlawyered.com/2015/06/schools-roundup-29/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Wed, 03 Jun 2015 01:36:23 +0000 hourly 1 By: SPO https://www.overlawyered.com/2015/06/schools-roundup-29/comment-page-1/#comment-324228 Wed, 03 Jun 2015 01:36:23 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=53395#comment-324228 In reply to Walter Olson.

I don’t know which is more evil: the Jefferson Parish nonsense or the St. Paul nonsense.

Have people taken leave of their senses?

“Are we here for Skittles?” “Yes, your honor.” “No, we’re actually here about holding you in contempt for wasting the court’s time. The kid spent 6 days in detention. You’re going to spend 6 days in jail.”

]]> By: Walter Olson https://www.overlawyered.com/2015/06/schools-roundup-29/comment-page-1/#comment-324207 Tue, 02 Jun 2015 18:18:16 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=53395#comment-324207 I don’t think there’s a real contrast. The first article was critical of bringing in police to arrest students over misconduct ordinarily handled through school discipline; no one here doubts that school discipline might be an appropriate response to throwing candy on a bus. The second article was critical of district policies that have paralyzed the workings of ordinary school discipline to the point where even flagrant and highly disruptive offenses cannot be deterred. In both cases school life becomes crazy if the only choice is thought to be between calling in the cops, and no discipline at all.

]]> By: Ed https://www.overlawyered.com/2015/06/schools-roundup-29/comment-page-1/#comment-324203 Tue, 02 Jun 2015 17:46:59 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=53395#comment-324203 Interesting, two contrasting articles:
•Throwing Skittles on a school bus = “interference with an educational facility”
•St. Paul, MN schools in recent years embraced latest progressive nostrums on discipline, mainstreaming, cultural difference. Results have not been happy

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