Zero tolerance, sigh.
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- April
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As a “middle school parent,” I have heard all kinds of crazy complaints from parents and kids about suspensions that make little sense, but well, follow the rules. None, of course, are documented. We just hear that a kid, who another kid knows, ended up suspended for some odd reason. Like the kid who supposedly brought a silver dagger to a local school—a souvenier from his grandma’s trip to somesuch country—and then was suspended for bringing a weapon to school. Or the kid caught in a shoving match another one started, but only one is suspended. Sometimes you just shrug and figure the kid learned some common sense. Sometimes you shake your head at the nonsense, and sigh.
But, here’s a story that just makes me so, well, sad. A student at a central Texas high school was suspended after he answered a cell-phone call from his father, serving in Iraq.
Oh, come on.
Talk about supporting families! Talk about supporting our troops! Poor kid. Poor dad. Poor mom who now has more stress to handle in a family already under great stress. Poor school administrators who can’t get out of their own way.
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on Friday, April 18th, 2008 at 12:55 pm by Nancy Cutler.
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