Sometimes schools over-suspend students, meaning they suspend students more than they should. This practice may breach a student’s legal rights, as many students are entitled to an alternative punishment prior
Lately I have been hearing about high school students being suspended, transferred and punished harshly for academic dishonesty issues. Is it too harsh to suspend a high schooler for cheating?
Life is complicated, and it gets even more complicated when parents have new choices to make for students, like whether to go forward with a student 504 Plan. 504 Plans
Typically, any student who has a weapon, knife, or dangerous object at school will be placed up for expulsion or suspension. However, there is an odd, and unique exception written
Did something big just occur at school to a student in your family? What happened? Is the student accused of a terrible act? Of bringing a weapon to a school?
Should you do it? Should you lie on a CIF (California Interscholastic Federation) form as really, after all, no one will find out? Or will they? The consequences for withholding,
School expulsions have many moving parts and are more complex than they may appear. But what REALLY makes an expulsion official? What is the very last stop before a school
With the explosion of social media sites, such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, Reddit, WhatsApp, and the like, along with almost constant texting and other electronic communication between students,
Suspensions can be problematic for students at any school, including private schools. They push a student home, may result in missed schoolwork, lowered grades, and create a permanent negative mark
Has your child recently been placed on a 504 Plan? Or is a student 504 Plan something they have had since elementary school and you are wondering what it really
Is your child in a private school and being expelled tomorrow unless you withdraw them today? Unfortunately this is far more common than most parents know. Private Schools And Students
Is a student in the family enrolled in a California charter school? Has the student been told they were not meeting the charter attendance or demerit requirements and that they
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