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Teachers and staff urge stronger discipline and consistent supports at Modesto City Schools meeting
Summary
At the Oct. 20 Modesto City Schools board meeting, dozens of teachers and classified staff recounted violent and disruptive classroom incidents and pressed the board to improve consistency of consequences, expand behavior supports and provide targeted training for elementary classrooms.
More than a dozen teachers, paraprofessionals and union representatives told the Modesto City Schools board on Oct. 20 that repeated classroom violence and chronic disruptive behavior are undermining instruction and staff safety.
At the heart of the meeting was an hour‑long public‑comment block during which teachers described incidents including repeated elopement, students throwing furniture and objects, biting and punching, and at least one case of a student stabbed with a pencil. "These behaviors make it impossible for the other kids to learn," said a teacher who identified herself as Jennifer, urging the board to "allow us to make our schools safe and stop being afraid of holding students and their parents accountable for their behavior." Many speakers said administrators sometimes returned disruptive students to class with little or no discipline,…
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