And that's where the real hard questions start. How do you encourage good parenting, and what do you do with the kids who just weren't lucky enough to get it?
Well, once a student is kicked out of his home school district the family has the following choices:
Attend a nearby county and pay the out of county tuition. In my county in rural VA, the amount is $3,330 per semester.
Attend a military/private/Catholic school.
Home-school
BTW, I'd bet dollars to donuts this was not the first time this girl had tangled with the school. She even says she likes to get back in their faces. I agree with the school's action. That child made a conscious decision when she dressed in the morning. As far as her rights? I'd like to see someone who works in an office with a written dress code go to work dressed outrageously and in defiance. Rules are rules whether it's school or work.
Most kids who don't have good parents are just out of luck --- some might be naturally good, motivated kids who will take an opportunity like having half way good teachers and end up doing well --- but if they go home to neglect, drunkeness, abuse and whatever else --- their chances are slim.
That's why I agree with the way they do alternative schools here --- if the parents are involved or willing to become involved, the kid gets a second chance --- the class sizes are smaller, the setting is more controlled. If the parents know their kid is causing big trouble at school and they don't care to do anything at all --- it's pretty much hopeless.