Mother banned from school because she has a conceal carry permit, posted it on FB

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31. Of course it is.

Inference is the foundation of comprehension. I spend my days teaching it.

Here's something else I know about comprehension: it depends on background experience. Readers, or listeners, bring their own background knowledge and experience to anything they read, or hear about. What they understand about it is built on that.

In this instance, some bring automatic distrust of schools, teachers, and school admins to the table. Some bring a more balanced experience; you presented that. Some, like I do, bring decades of on-the-spot experience.

My experience is pretty broad; 2 states, large districts and schools and small districts and schools. When it comes to special needs kids, I've seen a pretty wide range of attitudes and actions on both schools' and teachers' parts and parents. I've advised parents on how to advocate for their kids when the system isn't meeting their needs. I've also sat in on IEPs for students with legal advocates present who assumed their job was to be confrontational, because nobody would serve the student's needs otherwise. THAT is counterproductive, to say the least.

The allegations of class disruption should be taken seriously. A principal doing his job would be talking to the teacher/s of those classes, not taking the word of PTO members; and PTO members should not be "advising" the mother. That said, what gets said in the parking lot between parents is outside our control. The PTO provides valuable services, but they are not running the school.

Having been at school with students when news came through about Sandy Hook, having been at all those school meetings talking about safety and security, I don't think the concern was just about facebook or what the PTO said. I think it's a legitimate concern. That's MY background experience talking.