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Polson, Montana school slashes suspension rates with pro-active approach

Tim Finkbeiner can’t take too many steps down the halls of Linderman Elementary School http://gateway.polson.k12.mt.us/Linderman.cfm here without getting a hug or high-five from students.

Some are delivered with breaking school news. "Three people lost a tooth in choir today!" he was told more than once as school let out one day earlier this week.

It’s Finkbeiner’s fourth year as principal at Linderman, which every second, third and fourth grader in the Polson School District attends. This year, there are 410 of them.

Three and a half months into the school year, Finkbeiner has yet to suspend a student for any reason. He has, on 25 occasions, had students sent to his office because of behavioral issues.

VINCE DEVLIN [email protected]

Full Story: http://missoulian.com/news/local/polson-school-slashes-suspension-rates-with-pro-active-approach/article_4286d07d-f50e-5f39-a87e-fb995cb1fc38.html

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