The recent incidents that have been pubicized are nothing new. Many things happen within the school system that aren't public knowledge. If Hamilton County is good at anything, it is covering up these types things. This is especially true of the suburban schools. I see and hear things worthy of news that are going on in the schools and wonder if and when it is going to become public. This is one of the FEW times that it has. Because of the attendance rates, there are a lot of times nothing ever happens to these problem students and they often (not the teacher) control what happens within the classrooms. Our jobs have become more about discipline than education, yet our hands are really tied and there's nothing we can do about it. We have very little support from building level administration or from the central office. They want us to handle our own discipline, but do not back us when we do. Despite all of the things that we have to deal with, they expect test scores to rise! Readers DO NOT be surprised- we see these things everyday.