[hellinahandcart]

The girl won't obey the principle or her mother, keep suspending her til she gets the message. It shouldn't be a matter for the courts.

But since the principle and the mother are acting like children, this could have been predicted.

Soon the police will throw up their hands too, and we'll have to call out the National Guard on disruptive smartasses under 18.

[Marty]

Suspension may well be the only answer. Making up suspension time will be expensive and if the student won't make up the time, she'll fail the classes and have to repeat the year or the semester. There must be costs to the student associated with the bad behavior or the behavior won't change for the better. Putting her in a situation where she'll be behind her peer group may well inspire her to change.

By the way, I work with high school students.

[CTOCS]

Too true......

If I had publicly defied one of my parents like that, I'd have been smacked so fast they'd be sewing up my lip when my ass arrived!!