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Kindergarteners are Being Suspended for Calling Out Answers During Class
http://yourblackeducation.com/kindergarteners-are-being-suspended-for-calling-out-answers-during-class/Annually, approximately 3 million students, most of whom are in high school, receive out-of-school suspensions. However, more and more children in preschool or kindergarten are being sent home as punishment for infractions that would make you raise your eyebrows....
At Success Academy Prospect Heights, students have a list of 65 infractions that they must not commit. These infractions range from serious offenses like bullying and down to something as simple as “failing to be in a ready-for-success position,” whatever that means. Students are also not allowed to get out of their seats unless they have permission, nor can they call out an answer without raising their hand. All of these offenses can quickly lead to suspension.
In 2014, Success Academy Prospect Heights had 203 kindergarteners and first graders, and within that year, Monica Komery, the principal, issued 44 suspensions to only 11 students. Merrow revealed that 12 of those suspensions were given to one child before his family took him out of the school. At another Success school, 32 students accumulated 101 suspensions total. According to Merrow, the charter school’s suspension rate is three times as high as the public schools throughout New York City....
Parents, former employees, and critics believe that Success Academy uses suspensions as a way of driving out the students who are deemed difficult or who have the potential of doing poorly on standardized testing, which would bring down the school’s and network’s testing averages, although Moskowitz denies the allegations. Interestingly enough, for every 100 students that are admitted into the program, 10 leave within the first few months.
At Success Academy Prospect Heights, students have a list of 65 infractions that they must not commit. These infractions range from serious offenses like bullying and down to something as simple as “failing to be in a ready-for-success position,” whatever that means. Students are also not allowed to get out of their seats unless they have permission, nor can they call out an answer without raising their hand. All of these offenses can quickly lead to suspension.
In 2014, Success Academy Prospect Heights had 203 kindergarteners and first graders, and within that year, Monica Komery, the principal, issued 44 suspensions to only 11 students. Merrow revealed that 12 of those suspensions were given to one child before his family took him out of the school. At another Success school, 32 students accumulated 101 suspensions total. According to Merrow, the charter school’s suspension rate is three times as high as the public schools throughout New York City....
Parents, former employees, and critics believe that Success Academy uses suspensions as a way of driving out the students who are deemed difficult or who have the potential of doing poorly on standardized testing, which would bring down the school’s and network’s testing averages, although Moskowitz denies the allegations. Interestingly enough, for every 100 students that are admitted into the program, 10 leave within the first few months.
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One day I hope to hear her sing "Don't cry for me, New York City..."
