Why do school officials seem so stupid?
Not all of them of course, but as we push forward into an era of “zero tolerance” policies, it seems that school officials use this as an excuse to not use their heads in far too many situations. The latest one of these seemingly over the top punishments was a kid that was suspended from school for a day, barred from attending an honors dinner, and stripped of his position on the student council, because he… what? Threatened another student? No. Made unwanted sexual advances towards another student or teacher? Na Uh. No, this kid received this punishment because, he bought a bag a Skittles from another student.
Superintendent Reginald Mayo said Wednesday that the principal was just trying to keep students safe, but that he would review the decision to suspend Michael.
Yes, of course, we must keep our kids safe… from Skittles. Are you kidding me? The punishment has now been rescinded (he will have his record cleared, and given his position on the student council returned, but of course he now missed the honors dinner he was qualified to attend), I suspect that the school did this about face while staring down the business end of a lawsuit by the parents.
Look, I am all for the schools not selling candy and soda in the schools, but what the hell are these people thinking?
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That’s ridiculous. If I were the parents, I still wouldn’t shut up about this. Presumably it would have been okay if no money were exchanged for the skittles?
Goodness. I am so sick of these no tolerance policies. They’re getting to be ridiculous.
I heard last week about a girl that stayed on the school bus so that the bus driver could take her home. She didn’t get off at the school because she didn’t feel well. On the way home, the bus driver hit a bump or something and fell out of the seat. The girl rushed up to the front and applied the brakes to save the people on the bus. The girl received detention for not following school policy of getting off the bus at the school. Geesh!
I know a guy that just got suspended from school for 10 days for having a knife in his truck. He’s a senior and he likes to hunt. I mean, his truck is even painted camouflage. He forgot the knife was in there and they searched his truck. As far as I know, he’s never been in trouble before. This really stinks for him.