Complaints from two mothers about their sons being removed from high school in Haifa. In the annual report of the Public Complaints Commissioner - State Comptroller No. 45 of June 2019.
A high school in Haifa kept two students away for months
This without the exclusion procedures set forth in the Student Rights Law, 2000, in the Student Rights Regulations 2002, and in the Ministry of Education's procedure regarding the exclusion of a student from an educational institution, having been followed in their case. These procedures include, among other things, holding a hearing in the presence of several officials in the educational institution and the supervisor of the institution, giving the student and his parents an opportunity to voice their claims, delivering a reasoned written notice by the director of the educational institution regarding his decision to expel the student, giving the district director at the Ministry of Education the right of appeal, a hearing Appealed before a hearing committee, giving the student and his parents the right to argue at the hearing and giving a reasoned decision in writing by the district manager.
The Public Complaints Commission occasionally receives complaints about the exclusion of students from educational institutions
The commission is working to expedite the investigation of these complaints, in particular in cases where, following the expulsion, the student does not visit an alternative educational setting. Examining the complaints of two mothers of high school students who contacted the Commission with complaints about their sons being removed from school in the 2017-2018 school year due to behavior problems.
The inspection with the Ministry of Education and the Haifa Municipality revealed that the school kept the students away for months, without the exclusion procedures set forth in the law having been followed in their case. Following the intervention of the Commission, the Ministry of Education and the Municipality of Haifa, the students returned to school. However, in the academic year 2019 (2018-2019 ) once again one of the mothers filed a complaint about her son's removal from school. Further inquiry with the Ministry of Education and the Municipality of Haifa revealed that the school expelled the student a second time and this time too the student was expelled without following the expulsion procedures established by law. It was found that the second student also does not visit the school. Following repeated intervention by the Commission, the Ministry of Education and the Municipality of Haifa, where the two students are studying.
The inspector of the Ministry of Education ordered the principal of the school to act in accordance with the instructions of the Ministry of Education's procedure regarding the expulsion of a student from an educational institution, without the expulsion procedures established by law having been followed in their case.
Also, these supervisors always back up these managers, even if they are wrong.
And precisely from the education system I would expect inclusion and not exclusion, in the end the students can be thrown out onto the street and will be a burden on all of us.
And you say after you already know why they kept him away? If your son were to receive threats and intimidation, bullying and violence from an older boy that the teachers have no way of dealing with him, you would come to school and you would get an answer, we are sorry but the Ministry of Education does not allow us, etc. There is a problem in our country that the governance has been compromised and we have become a country in anarchy, the laws that were not enough to protect the public, a boy who causes problems has to pay such a price that deters him and not the pussies drive away and repeat drive away and repeat. I don't know what the experience of all those giving advice on inclusion is, but in most cases in order to start serious treatment, the student needs to understand why it is worthwhile for him, we don't always have the time for him to understand that in the meantime the others are suffering, so sometimes we have to rely on a significant smoker so that he and his parents know that the price that he might pay dearly and not worth it, so it could be a trigger for change.
As someone who worked in the education system for many years and was involved in education. And there was also a long standoff from an inspector, let me express my opinion on the matter.
It is possible that the writer was right that the boys behaved inappropriately and maybe even worse. The solution to remove them to the backyard of the company is not a solution at all. You have to deal with the youth and find a way to educate them, which is the role of the education system. If we don't face up and behave as they used to in school, these boys will become low-quality citizens, to put it mildly. Moreover, in a reformed country there are procedures and if the school principal does not follow the procedures, as it turns out, this is not a good example.
It's good that such issues are flooded and the inspector of the Ministry of Education did what was assigned to her, and it's good to know that there is someone guarding the system.
Did you notice how many times the news that two students were expelled was repeated? Not a word, about what and why? This is the hypocrisy of the new mothers. They did something wrong, otherwise they wouldn't have been removed. And in the name of the procedures, regulations, laws and rules, we condemn the removal. Do you understand why the violence among the youth is increasing and increasing? Because of the blandness, you don't see the main point.
You don't just push a student away like that.
Insolence, violence and disdain for adults, this is the culture today.
So come on, with such a superficial article, don't expect empathy.