idiomaddict@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I forgot to take my adhd medication as a twelve year old and my mom gave it to me as I ran out the door. I put it in my pocket, forgot about it until later, and then nearly got expelled for trying to sell drugs because of a zero tolerance policy.
I say nearly, because I’m white with educated parents and a sympathetic situation, so obviously the zero tolerance policy learned a little tolerance.
whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
What is the next step once a kid is expelled? They join another school?
idiomaddict@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I was at a regional magnet school, so I probably would have gone to my town’s middle school.
I honestly don’t know what happens if you get kicked out of that- maybe you go to a neighboring town’s school, or maybe there are other schools for kids that get expelled, but the government still has an obligation to educate you until a certain age, so you don’t just stop going to school (unless you’re in juvenile detention, at which point you probably have a teacher on premises).
dohpaz42@lemmy.world 4 days ago
In my area, there are special schools dedicated to hosting expelled kids. It most certainly makes things worse and not better.