Am i in the wrong for not feeling sorry for my student who got expelled
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I have 4th graders. I have this one student who has severe ODD and adhd. He has an IEP for both and is in a resource class for math and reading because he was tested with a disability. The resource teacher does s certain amount of accommodations for him and my classroom and we also have a paraprofessional, who is with this student 1:1 in addition to being an assistant in the classroom. <br><br>He has a progressive discipline sheet, where he is given ten points every day. When he reaches 50 points, which is ten days of being good, he goes on a reward field trip (sometimes the field trip involves the whole class, sometimes it’s with the paraprofessional and whatever teachers opt to tag along) for a day.<br><br>He is getting expelled because he has said he wants to shoot the school up and has written about it. He told a student he wanted to knife them. He has thrown pencils, scissors, and has intentionally shoved stuents and broken their things. I have called a meeting with the SPED chair and the dean to see if he can be removed from my classroom without SPED saying I’m discriminating. He has a 504 for his asthma and allergies, after his IEP meeting, if we can’t remove him (I’m guessing not) I’m going to ask his asthma be treated as an anaphylactic allergy even if it’s not and that his allergens trigger the asthma attacks. The resource teacher and I are going to draft a list of triggers, which will include the behaviors that lead to him throwing things/hitting other students. If we can’t remove him, we will make it so that ANYTIME he misbehaves enough to trigger his asthma (which is easy because it is so easy to trigger his asthma), he will be taken out of the classroom away from the other students. <br><br>The SPED chair is just mad I’m not going to bat for this student. She thinks it’s ridiculous that I want him removed. I know SPED is supposed to advocate for the students, and I feel like I’m going against my training, but I also know I can’t protect this student and the rest of my students if he is in the classroom.<br><br>I just want to know if I’m in the wrong because I literally do not feel bad that he got expelled. He has said he doesn’t want to be at school anyway. I’m just really concerned that SPED is going to push to keep him in the classroom because the parents don’t want to receive any special training to deal with his behavior.
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