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Teaching At Sun Valley High School

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I am currently in my 11th year of teaching at Sun Valley High School. I have been very fortunate that we have not had many major legal issues at my school while I’ve worked here. Many of the issues that arise come from students with special education requirements. Most times it is due to a student with a low grade and the teachers not following the SDI’s to the full extent. The few major issues we’ve had in my school have dealing with drugs or violence have been associated with a student having an IEP. These students have manifestation hearings to determine if it was their disability that caused the behavior. I was slightly involved in one of these cases, and with the vague wording in their legal document; I was amazed at how the …show more content…

The vice-principal while speaking with Steve was shown a text message that Andy had sent him the night before. The message to “Watch your back, you’re gonna catch the gat.” After seeing the message, the vice-principal brought the phone to Mr. S which explained the reason that Steve was jumping Andy in the morning. A school can only get involved with matters that take place outside of the building if the disruption interferes with the education during the school day. Since the fight took place on school grounds, Mr. S decided that action should be taken on the school level. Both students were given a 10 day out of school suspension and the police were contacted and charged Andy with a terrorist threat. Steve’s mother was ok with the 10 day suspension but father was not and tried to fight it. The school suspended Steve for the fight and the father stated he felt threatened so that’s why he jumped Andy. The school stated that Steve should have informed them and not taken matters into his own hands. Father said his son wasn’t a rat and so did not find this to be acceptable for the school but they lost their case and Steve served his ten days. With the terrorist threat being charged against Andy, the superintended wanted him expelled and the cops searched for a gun in his possession. They searched his locker at the school and also got a warrant to search his house but

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