Except that this is the kind of thing that SHOULD require legal action, since her rights were pretty much shoved out the window.
Incidentally, that's pretty much how high school is. You have no rights, and the state wants to keep it that way. Why? Because the goal of primary and secondary school is not to provide you with an education; the goal is to indoctrinate social norms and provide basic knowledge skills to survive in the real world. College is where education begins; not secondary school.
That said, the fact that the parents haven't done anything is disconcerting, or at least the article doesn't mention much. THIS part makes me sick...
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Parents in Katy cannot appeal decisions to send their children to the discipline school for periods of 60 days or fewer. District officials say the children who go through the school, named Opportunity Awareness Center, have access to better resources, including small classes, counselors and social workers.
"They leave here better for it," said Patty Bing, principal of the discipline school. "I've never seen a situation where a child did not benefit."
But students have nicknamed the Opportunity Awareness Center "A-School" because the classes are so easy.
Jewel, now back at Taylor High School, has a harsher assessment.
"At A-School, you knew you were in prison," she said, adding that the experience made her hate school even at Taylor.
The entrance to the discipline school is monitored by a security guard and blocked by a metal detector, where the students line up every morning to be searched before they can enter. Bing and other faculty members greet the students as they lift up their shirts and pants, empty their pockets and take off their shoes.
"We make it a very positive experience to start the day," the principal said.
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Children can be pulled out for TWO MONTHS and subjected to Orweillian conditions without appeal? I find that to be atrocious.