Trouble at LBJ Middle School

Whatever the trouble is at LBJ MS, unless you are an interest holder at LBJ, the only thing you need to know about it is that it could have just as easily happened at any other school in the APS.

The only difference is that at some schools there is a lot of trouble and at some schools there is nearly none.

If you were curious about the school in your neighborhood, if you wanted to know if there was a lot or a little trouble at that school, you would be disappointed to learn that that information is not available.  Don't believe it? Go to their award winning website and search for any data at all about student discipline and or the effects of chronically disruptive students on the education of other students.

The data is secret because it's bad.

Either that, or they're keeping it secret because they don't want to make themselves look good.

They get away with it because the press who get press passes are passing on their obligation to investigate and report upon the historical, current and future administrative plans to manage student discipline in public schools.  And because the press who don't get press passes are not allowed to ask questions or inspect documents.

The school board and their administration are hiding the data, conflating it with other data (bullying and vandalism?) or just not gathering data in the first place.

The data will show that students are more or less in charge in every school in the APS.

It isn't the person who makes the rule who is in charge,
it is the person who decides to ignore it.

In charge; the person making a the final decision to follow or ignore a rule.

The very first rule is that you have to obey all of the rest of the the rules.

Draw the clearest and most unequivocal lines that you can.
Defend them ruthlessly, cruelly, mercilessly;
or suffer the consequences; children in charge at school.