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elias7

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4. So how can this be handled differently?

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri Sep 5, 2014, 09:14 AM

Sep 2014

If policy is no cell phones, or if it was determined that cell phone use was inappropriate, and there is a standoff in that a student does not want to comply with school authority, where do you go from there? It's always going to look bad when there is intervention.

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Houston ISD Officers Pin Student To The Ground Because She Was On Her Cell Phone [View all] TexasTowelie Sep 2014 OP

Why is brute force and shooting the fist option? upaloopa Sep 2014 #1

The Supreme Court has UNAMIMOUSLY ruled that these bastards have BROKEN the law! cascadiance Sep 2014 #2

They will always claim that she posed an imminent threat TexasTowelie Sep 2014 #3

So how can this be handled differently? elias7 Sep 2014 #4

No intervention will be needed when following the rules. There is a counselor's office in a school. DhhD Sep 2014 #7

Go to any public school's web page and you will find all kinds of policies and rules, including DhhD Sep 2014 #5

The student is the picture looks to be hiding out in the school. Truancy carries a fine DhhD Sep 2014 #6