Horrified, yes. Surprised,

no.

As an educator with almost

20 years experience, I have watched as discipline has

been undermined in the name of "advocacy" for

the rights of students.

What about the rights of

those large numbers of students who do not threaten, harm

or disrupt the learning of others?

Recent advocacy groups and

state legislators seem to care more about students who

are a danger to others than about those students who come

to school to learn.

Until administrators are

allowed to remove students who are a danger, this type of

incident will continue to happen.

Until Congress revisits the

Special Education laws, the Individuals with Disabilities

Act, and section 504 laws to allow students who bring

weapons onto campuses to be permanently removed then no

student or teacher is safe.

The recent Cobb County

incident where federal law mandated continuing to educate

students who brought weapons to school because they were

"behaviorally disordered" should point out the

fact that we need to reform these laws.

Steven R. Harbin

Newnan

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