File photoThe Principals' Federation has suggested schools defy legally-binding directives to enrol violent children who have been kicked out of other schools. It has written to its members telling them to consider refusing Ministry of Education directions to accept such children unless they are certain they will get enough support. The federation's president, Perry Rush, said schools were not getting the help they needed to safely include violent children in their classrooms. Ferris said the ministry needed more educational psychologists who could work with children in school and in their homes. The president of the Secondary Principals' Association, Deidre Shea, said secondary schools sometimes refused to enrol a violent student.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 01, 2021 18:56 UTC