Wednesday, June 17, 2009

From the archives - old scary school news

The following are news stories from 2004. I saved these links. This was before Janine and I started our blog.

Teen Suspended for Fighting in Self-Defense is about a boy having lunch at a school cafeteria. A gang comes onto the school grounds and attack Alejandro Johnson. He defends himself. The school has zero tolerance for violence and suspends him for ten days.

In Have Zero Tolerance Policies Gone Too Far? Jacob Finklea gets expelled for bringing a pair of scissors to his sewing class. The school provided scissors were hurting his hands, so he took his pair from home.

I wonder what the teacher was thinking here: Teacher accused of ordering student thrown from window. The teacher started taking pictures of students in the class. A student asked why? Teacher gave her a bad time. The student hit the office assist button. The teacher tells two boys to throw the student out the window, and they do!

School District Fails to Protect Bullying Victim at MLK is about an on going case of a student being beaten up. The school does not protect her. When she protects herself, the school suspends her. The schools answer is to confine Dominique Reed during recess "for her own safety." The school leaves the bully alone.

I wonder if any of the parents of these children ended up homeschooling.


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