Rockford School District Policies cuts out Parents
There are far too many instances where this takes place so for the sake of brevity and not to confuse too many people, let us concentrate on just one. I am speaking of the Office Discipline Referral Form. It is the policy of District 205 that a parent/guardian/caretaker must accompany the student back to school if they were suspended but this is after the suspension. Due Process says that you are innocent until proven guilty, so any reasonable parent must assume that if their child gets suspended, an investigation into the offense was properly done and presented to those who decide on suspension. If any reasonable parent assumes this, then they must also assume that their child or ward was exposed to this part of life without them being present to defend or supply a representative for their child or ward’s defense. This, in turn, teaches the child that they have no voice because those representing the petition to suspend are adults and will be believ...