Courtney Macavinta
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420 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Feb 2017
last heard Feb 2017
Courtney Macavinta’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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There's injustice going on.
And that's just my belief and the data bears it out.
So you know, to have a little bit more, you know, oomph behind you, you know, that you're not wrong.
And your child's not wrong.
This system is set up to remove contaminants.
You know, and see children as contaminants.
And, you know, the ultimate removal is when then I get to go visit them in juvenile hall on Christmas Eve as I do and they're locked up.
So, you know, I I really encourage parents to know if you're feeling, you know, this is very serious, that your child is just seems to be disproportionately removed from the learning environment and put into isolation.
In some way or another, you're right.
That is wrong.
And you know, you're not alone.
I mean, this is happening seven millimon kids a year.
get pushed into just the school, the prison pipeline, you know, and that's not, you know, even looking at the what is the what is the number on just being sent into isolation at school, which is what you were talking about, happened to Asher.
Well, two things.
One is and and I know this can seem a little boring, but it's really important, is to get to know the policies at your school.
So for example, you know, really know when you when you go into the school, ask them what what is the disciplinary process here.
D are they using systems like PBIS, which is positive behavioral interventions and supports?
That's not that's not a cure all, but you know, do they have a process for?
keeping kids in their learning seat, which is what I call it.
You know, what is their rate of suspensions?
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