School Forcing Students to take Afterschool class.

[Unearth]

What is the name of your state? CA



Recently, my high school in Pleasanton, California is forcing students to take afterschool classes for homework help. In no way , shape or form has any student ASKED to be put in this class, but it is mandatory if you have 2 D's or one F (or worse). If you do not attend , you get a cut and detention and if you have 10 absences from this class, you are automatically sent to A continuation school and expelled.

Is this legal? If so, is there any reading on the internet I can do to find a loophole to get out of it? Thanks.

[Silverplum]

Originally Posted by Unearth

What is the name of your state? CA

Recently, my high school in Pleasanton, California is forcing students to take afterschool classes for homework help. In no way , shape or form has any student ASKED to be put in this class, but it is mandatory if you have 2 D's or one F (or worse). If you do not attend , you get a cut and detention and if you have 10 absences from this class, you are automatically sent to A continuation school and expelled.

Is this legal? If so, is there any reading on the internet I can do to find a loophole to get out of it? Thanks.

So the school trying to keep you idiots from flunking out, and here you are, trying to figure out how to go ahead and flunk.

Go for it, numbnuts. It's the future you deserve.

[fairisfair]

Originally Posted by Unearth

What is the name of your state? CA



Recently, my high school in Pleasanton, California is forcing students to take afterschool classes for homework help. In no way , shape or form has any student ASKED to be put in this class, but it is mandatory if you have 2 D's or one F (or worse). If you do not attend , you get a cut and detention and if you have 10 absences from this class, you are automatically sent to A continuation school and expelled.

Is this legal? If so, is there any reading on the internet I can do to find a loophole to get out of it? Thanks.

so you are able to read then? perhaps you ought to stop searching for loopholes and use that skill to acquire better grades.

[cbg]

It is legal because no law prohibits it.

No loopholes, no exceptions. You can follow the rules or you can face the consequences; your choice.

[CdwJava]

It takes a great deal of effort to get a D or an F in public high school these days. All the school is doing is trying to save your hide from failure by becoming a dropout.

The statistics are pretty dismal for students who fail out of school ... crime, drugs, minimal incomes or welfare, etc. I applaud them for taking a tough stand and trying to save kids' lives even if they cannot grasp it.

Yes, it is legal absent any law preventing it. If you feel it is somehow an unlawful extension of the school day, ask your parents to hire an attorney so that you can legally avoid the program designed to help you ... good luck with that.

However, it is possible that the program is NOT effective. I have seen similar programs in schools and they are - by and large - not very effective in turning kids around. If it is simply a homework study hall for an hour, it may not work too well unless the students are well supervised and directed. if they are only warehoused, then it may be a waste of time anyway. But, this would be a policy issue and not a legal one.

- Carl