While I whole heartedly agree with schools taking the approach of helping kids instead of simply handing them over to the cops to deal with, the problems are mu

While I whole heartedly agree with schools taking the approach of helping kids instead of simply handing them over to the cops to deal with, the problems are much deeper. We have allowed socio-economic and cultural factors go untreated for too long, thus placing more of burden on the school system with having to deal with these kids and their issues - most of which should not have anything to do with schools. I firmly believe if these issues were treated at the root source, instead of burdening school districts, I bet the kids would have less issues in school and would be more successful academically. We just have to let teachers focus on what they do best - educate our children.