My private, Christian, boys high school had a simple solution - anyone not up to behavioral or effort standards got kicked out. Our class (of 222) had 4 boys weeded out in the first month of our freshman year. One was even the son of a family with long legacy and long-term support for our school (the boy was a bully who started fights).
Even as a 14 year-old, I was very proud of my school and its dean of students / principal for that.
That attitude created a school of elites.
> … anyone not up to behavioral or effort standards got kicked out. <
I taught for a few years at a private school. And that’s what happened there, too. It made for a pleasant place to teach, and to learn.
Expelled kids ended up at some public school somewhere. But where does such a kid go if there are no longer any public schools?
And here’s a related problem: A private school that takes tax dollars will find there are rules associated with that money. One of the rules might make it very difficult to expel a disruptive student. Due process, and all that.
An old saying that might apply:
“If you take the king’s coin, you are the king’s servant.”
*** One was even the son of a family with long legacy and long-term support for our school (the boy was a bully who started fights).***
Kudos to the school for actually kicking the kid out. That’s not how it usually works, in my experience. Maybe it was the last straw, though.