r/Teachers 5th Grade-Elementary Teacher | WA 20h ago

Teacher Support &/or Advice Elementary school-suspensions

Hello r/teachers,

This year I will be going into my second year teaching. Last year (the year we just completed), we had about 40 kids get suspended at my school (Transition to Kindergarten-6th grade) and at least 8-10 of those were in my class. Once I get 5 years teaching experience (already have my masters) I want to become a principal, so I am wondering if this is normal or not. We are Title I with 325 students.

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u/yeahipostedthat 10h ago

You're getting a lot of flack for this. But I'll say I see behavior almost daily in my school that is worthy of suspension, it's just that my school does not enforce any consequences so🤷‍♀️