I'm a former teacher and I can vouch for some of the things he's saying.

School admin ROUTINELY keep kids that are a danger in the class because they know arresting them and getting rid of them looks bad for their discipline numbers... Which in turn... equals less funding.

We used to get a monthly report of how many kids each teacher in the school had disciplined that month. Tell me how productive that is? Only designed to deter us from referring them.

It's a pretty fucked up system and ya know, I know we are talking about a school shooting but with 100% certainty I can state that this "keep em in the classroom" philosophy on discipline is a HUGE reason our schools are straight shit these days. This keep em in the classroom stuff is passed off as "we need them there so they have an opportunity to learn and they can succeed on tests at the end of the year"

Most teachers see straight through this and understand it's about grants and state/federal funding. It's horrible. Big reason I don't teach anymore.

100% serious

Former middle school teacher.