SPEARSVILLE - Two Union Parish fifth-graders had sex on a classroom floor while two others fondled each other in the classroom, according to a teacher at Spearsville High School.
Union Parish Superintendent Judy Mabry would say only that the allegations were being investigated. Principal Frank Futch said the incident was not indicative of how the school is run.
Wow. What can you say here?
First-year teacher Michael Walker, who teaches fifth- through eighth-grade English, said three students were either expelled or sent to an alternative school and two others got detention.
Students at the kindergarten through 12th grade school are unruly, disrespectful and rarely disciplined, Walker said.
''They cuss at the teachers and throw things at them, and nothing is done,'' Walker said. ''There was even one student who grabbed a teacher in the butt and nothing was done. The students run the school.''
Obviously, these are out of control children.
Walker said teachers learned Wednesday about the incident, which allegedly occurred during an assembly Tuesday to talk about a 15-year-old student accused of stabbing another student to death over the weekend.
There's a certain amount of irony here.
The assembly was for sixth- through 12th-grade students. Fifth-grade students were not told about it, he said. But one class of about 15 fifth-grade students that routinely moves from a portable building to a main building classroom during the second hour of the school day was unattended on Tuesday.
''The teacher thought it was a normal day and sent the kids to second hour,'' he said. ''She didn't know the teacher that would normally be in there was still at the assembly.''
The students were alone for about 30 minutes.
That was a big oops. In fairness to the school, it is understandable how something like that could happen. Still, even a normal 5th grade class could get into a lot of trouble in 30 minutes.
School officials notified the Union Parish Sheriff's Office on Thursday morning and detectives questioned students.
''This is one incident and everyone is making a big deal out of it,'' Futch said. ''I never had a teacher complain to me, but I have heard them complain to each other.''
This sounds like a teacher reported it, but the principal Frank Futch would have preferred to keep it quiet.
Sheriff Bob Buckley said charges are likely. ''I have zero tolerance for drugs, violence or anything like that that goes on in school,'' he said.
Sounds like the police are going to do something. Another news story reported that the two 11-year-old girls, a 12-year-old boy and a 13-year old boy were charged with obscenity, a felony. An 11-year-old boy, the alleged guard, was charged with being an accessory.
This is a very sad story. It is a good example of why bright, well adjusted children have a lot to loose in the school system. I don't care what influence that strong families could have in this school. It is not worth the risk.
And while some argue that high functioning parents are obligated to sacrifice the well being of their children for the "benefit of society," I say: "Abandon ship!"
Adults make the world a better place by being good parents first. The next step is to reach out to struggling families. Parents can do this by helping neighbors, volunteering in the community, church programs, mentoring a child, foster care, or donations to worthy charities.
Don't send a child to do a parent's job.
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5 comments:
This scenario is so sad, scary, and yet so familiar. Eight years ago, I quit my job at a small school where the students ran the school and the principal was more interested in keeping the parents of hooligans happy than actually running a school. Then, a year and a half after I left, this (http://www.thesylvaherald.com/A-Deputies061401.htm) happens.
The principal, who didn't condone or cover up what happened, claims she never suspected that anything unusual was going on. I'm sorry, but in a town of 800 and a school (K-12) of 280, there had to be some sort of clue. If she had been doing her job in the first place, perhaps she could have noticed somehing was amiss and done something to protect the kids at the school from themselves.
I found this follow up article.
Very, very sad.
And this is what happened to the principal: retirement with benefits. Go figure
You will not belive this. Another teacher was arrested 6 month later at the same school.
Since we started homeschooling last September, I've heard many critical comments from people who don't believe in it (or secretly wish they could homeschool their kids but are afraid to try). These comments always have to do with socialization. They never criticize the academic side of it.
Yet, it's the social aspect of the public schools that is the biggest turn-off to me. And we actually have really good students at my local schools... Very respectful and willing to learn.
I did have one person, a teacher, accuse me of doing harm on the schools by not being a part of a "necessary community"... I had to explain to him that first and foremost I do what's right for my kids.
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