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<blockquote data-quote="Michael Brown" data-source="post: 2124307" data-attributes="member: 18">One other possibility to consider:After preventing a homicide, a teenager needs some time away from school in the same vein that a police officer gets a little administrative leave after a shooting.I don&#039;t know that the school considered this, but I think it&#039;s still a good outcome.&nbsp; A student shouldn&#039;t have to deal with gawkers and inquisitors after an incident like that.That said, they need to change the term for time off in such a situation from &quot;suspension&quot; to something with no negative stigma.Years ago police departments used to call this time a &quot;suspension&quot; no matter how justified until enough people pointed out that it sounded crappy.They should do the same here.They can still call suspensions for discipline &quot;suspensions&quot; without screwing things up.Michael Brown</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Michael Brown, post: 2124307, member: 18"] One other possibility to consider: After preventing a homicide, a teenager needs some time away from school in the same vein that a police officer gets a little administrative leave after a shooting. I don't know that the school considered this, but I think it's still a good outcome. A student shouldn't have to deal with gawkers and inquisitors after an incident like that. That said, they need to change the term for time off in such a situation from "suspension" to something with no negative stigma. Years ago police departments used to call this time a "suspension" no matter how justified until enough people pointed out that it sounded crappy. They should do the same here. They can still call suspensions for discipline "suspensions" without screwing things up. Michael Brown [/QUOTE]

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