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Act Party's Tough New School Rules | Auckland News
The Act Party’s bold new school discipline plan aims to tackle classroom chaos by empowering teachers to use reasonable force to remove disruptive students—sending them to supervised spaces, not seclusion rooms—and escalating cases to deans or parents. Assaults on staff or peers trigger mandatory stand-downs or suspensions, with serious incidents handed to police. Parents face mandatory meetings for violent or destructive behavior, and repeat offenders could be fined up to $3,000—or even held liable for property damage. The party argues that nearly half of teachers spend hours daily managing…
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