Wisconsin

Schools need more resources. Counselors, nurses. Rep Bush just said what I’ve always thought. Why don’t we let police officers be police officers and leave social work and such to trained professionals. It’s mind boggling that kids can get arrested for things that many have done in the past.

There were not mass arrests for school yard fights in the past. Throwing things at the teacher or other students didn’t get u arrested. I am not saying any of this is ok. What needs to happen is having resources to identify kids that may be struggling because of mental health. Many go undiagnosed. Heck it’s not like we prioritize health care after these fetuses leave the womb. People who can not only assess the student, but also the family. What’s going on at home? Abuse? Mom and dad are addicts? Does the kid have the burden of being the caregiver of younger siblings while mom works 3 jobs? So many scenarios that may cause a kid to act out. Basic things like is the child hungry? It’s insane that police can be called on a 1st grader acting out.

It just pisses me off that we have so many unmet needs and we have the funds to do it but our politicians are too busy catering to rich donors