Kid suspended for drawing a gun

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

But isn't that what suspension is? It's the school saying, 'Parents, fix this'? They are putting it in his parents' court.

I don't absolve a parent's role, but it should start with informing the parents and letting them know that if there continues to be a problem, punishment will follow. But handing out punishment in the absence of communication is turning the school into an adversarial authority and an uncaring institution, the exact thing that fuels angry kids to act out.