Parsing the Black-White School Suspension Gap

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5. My current experience.

My son goes to a school in which 80% of students are eligible for free or reduce lunches. Almost all are Asian, Latino or other minority groups. Whenever I help watch the playground during Noon recess, there is a core of four kids out of a group of 60 who take up most of my time because of fighting, pushing and taunting other kids. Last night I got a note from the teacher that, while in class, two of them twisted my son's arm behind his back and punched him in the stomach. I'm not concerned about their race or economic status, I want them disciplined.