Arwen
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Post by Arwen on Mar 6, 2009 9:28:00 GMT -5
You are right, macy. The only thing the school can do is move the accused to another school. But while that will help the victim and should have been done immediately after the SB found out they have the power to do that, this doesn't help the accused or the other people in the new school. Senger's bill will hopefully help everyone. It's just a matter of getting past the ACLU issues, IMO. To say, "Oh well, this has happened before and there is nothing we can do about it" is a sad statement. We have to at least try and change things. Yes, we have to try real hard to change things. I couldn't agree more with your statement. Senger's bill is a good one. Let's all work together to help advance it. I couldn't agree more Macy. LTE's to the Sun Times and Trib might be a good place to start since those blocking the bill are Chicago politicians.
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Post by asmodeus on Mar 6, 2009 9:36:22 GMT -5
The difference between Senger's bill (which I support) and current policy is that under her bill, the accused could be moved to an alternative setting, whereas currently they can only be moved to another "regular" school within D204. But the issue here is that the district refuses to act under an existing policy that, as I described earlier, gave them the option to make things a whole lot better for most parties.
If Senger's bill passes, that would be great. But I refuse to accept the district's claimed impotence when all along they had the tools to make substantial improvements to the situation.
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Post by WeNeed3 on Mar 6, 2009 10:05:27 GMT -5
Yes, we have to try real hard to change things. I couldn't agree more with your statement. Senger's bill is a good one. Let's all work together to help advance it. I couldn't agree more Macy. LTE's to the Sun Times and Trib might be a good place to start since those blocking the bill are Chicago politicians. I wonder how many citizens outside of our area really know what their school policy is? If we made this more known to other suburbs around the area, maybe that would encourage citizens to write to their area reps for support. People might think, "Oh, this is to change dist 204's policy" when really it is about changing the policy state wide for all schools. It would benefit them too.
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