[Magdalen] School-to-prison pipeline, the ugly reality behind Spring Valley school arrest

[Lynn Ronkainen]

Completely agree Jim. Stated zero tolerance policy issues in TX have been tried in court and mostly failed in the 28 years I've lived here. 
Lynn

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On Oct 31, 2015, at 9:15 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

Exactly, Jim, and as my late ex was won't to say, "Zero tolerance usually
means zero sense."

On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 10:10 AM, James Handsfield <jhandsfield at att.net>
wrote:

> Zero tolerance only exists so that administrators don’t have to make
> difficult decisions.
> 
> “The worst form of corruption is acceptance of corruption.”  Herblock
> 
> Jim Handsfield
> jhandsfield at att.net
> 
> 
> 
>> On Oct 30, 2015, at 7:56 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> t's outrageous, and an outgrowth of the abominable (and IMNSHO stupid)
>> "zero tolerance" policies that began in the early 1990s. African-American
>> students are the most affected, and amazingly, African-Amerian *female*
>> students are disciplined the most harshly. I heard an NPR discussion on
> the
>> subject while driving home today, and that latter fact amazed and
> appalled
>> me.
> 
>