The Hechinger Report on Mythryl: “An investigation found what Texas disciplinary programs look like at…”

An investigation found what Texas disciplinary programs look like at their worst. This is what they can look like when someone decides to do it differently.

hechingerreport.orgTEACHER VOICE: How I rethought disciplinary school in TexasI did not wait for my start date. My official first day as director of the Del Valle Independent School District’s Disciplinary Alternative Education Program was July 22, 2015. I walked onto campus weeks before then. I knew that if I waited, we would never be ready for the first day of school. In Texas, a DAEP is where students go when a school decides they cannot stay. Under Chapter 37 of the Texas Education Code, there are two types of offenses that can result in placement: discretionary and mandatory. A fight that lasts 90 seconds can become a discretionary placement of 45 school days.

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