6 Year Old student suspended for gun gesture

[demopublican]

Interesting..

Until it is released, my cum stays with me too..

Getting kind of personal

[naive]

That's OK we never had guidance counselors in elementary schools and I attended several through no fault of anyone's. ALL of them took away our baseball cards for playing with them during class, ALL of them made us stand in the corner. ALL of them put tape on our mouths for talking and ALL of them would have had the principal spank us if it were that bad. Suspended..... nope, I don't remember the worst bully or firebug being suspended but I think JFK was president when I finished up and Ike was when I started. Things were MUCH simpler and BETTER at that time.

Things were indeed better then....

Today, a principle touches your kid, they go to jail...

Maybe the principle wanted nothing more than to smack the kid upside his apparently thick skull...Knowing he could not do that, he rightfully suspended him...

[demopublican]

Sorry my comments about the little angel did not agree with you..

I was far from perfect, my parents, on the other hand, to me, were...

My parents were married for 65 years..Other than hospital stays, they were never apart from each other..My sister and her husband married for 40+ years..My brother and his wife married for 40+ years, I have been married 30+ years...

There is a tremendous amount of love in our family, and it all started with 2 people I know as my mom and dad...

I have a very large family, and have 1 cousin that has been divorced..1..Why? because we were all taught to love and respect each other...It was instilled in us...

My father was the most kind and gentle man I have ever met, but he would of had no issues at all coming to school and spanking my arse in front of my class had the principal called him..It never happened, but there was no way I was going to put him to the test!!!

And yet you are still quick to call kids brats

[naive]

And yet you are still quick to call kids brats

and ankle biters!

My job of raising kids is done..Mine are productive members of society, and hopefully theirs will be too...

[Sprightly]

You seem to be familair with this case...How much time did he spend with the guidance counselor? You mentioned he spent only a brief period with him..

Inquiring minds want to know how you know that???

Part of my perfect life can be attributed to my guidance counselors..They were freaking awesome!!

I remember talking to my guidance counselor in the 8th grade...I mentioned my interest in sports and sports broadcasting...He made a few phone calls, and we had Mike Curtis from the Colts AND Vince Bagli come and speak to the entire 8th grade class..I got to introduce both of them...Was great, and all because of the caring guidance counselors...

You are indeed special, naive.

[naive]

You are indeed special, naive.

So you don't know how much time the counselor spent with the kid??

Go figure..

[Mom49of4]

The school overreacted.

[naive]

The school overreacted.

Rightfully so..

[Sprightly]

So you don't know how much time the counselor spent with the kid??

Go figure..

Well, I know that it wasn't hours. And I know that if the little boy is experiencing psychological issues he needs more than a quick visit to an elementary school guidance counselor. Or do you disagree?

[downhome]

Guidance counselor for 1st grade? What ever happened to calling parents in, sending home for a day OR give the lil turd a spanking? Can't do that now can we.... at home OR at school. 22 year old DSS agent will need to be involved and put their 2 cents in with their vast worldly experience.

There are a lot of administrators and/or social workers that need jobs.

[bmorepunk]

The school overreacted.

Unless they can show that they routinely suspend first graders for not getting it together three times they're going to have a <proverbial> black eye from this.

[Mom49of4]

The parents may be successful in having this event expunged from the child's record.

[bmorepunk]

I think the school's staff that was involved in this needs to be temporarily expunged. A six year old is not even recognized as being legally capable of having intent to commit a serious criminal act.

[Grindelwald]

Wow, talk about an overreaction. Schools are so stupid nowadays.

[BlandFood]

There are a lot of administrators and/or social workers that need jobs.

And to quote Ted Knight in Caddy Shack................ "The world needs ditch diggers too".

[Wizard777]

Sure it was. He was chastised twice and told not to do it. He did it again. What do they call that in your world?

And I'm pretty sure your first grade "permanent record" doesn't follow you thru life. But if you think so, here's a fun exercise, try to find yours.

If you read the Article the reason for the suspension stated in a disciplinary letter sent to his parents is that he "threatened to shoot a student."

Boy, 6, suspended from Silver Spring school for pointing finger like a gun


In Silver Spring, the 6-year-old’s parents received a Dec. 20 letter from Renee Garraway, an assistant principal at Roscoe Nix Elementary School, saying that their son “threatened to shoot a student” and that he had been spoken to earlier about similar behavior.

[Mom49of4]

6-year-old back in school, suspension cleared

WASHINGTON - News Channel 4 reports that the 6-year-old boy who was suspended from a Silver Spring elementary school after being accused of holding his finger like a gun will have his record cleared.

According to Channel 4, the school's principal stated she would rescind the suspension and expunge the incident from the boy's record.

The incident happened on Dec. 20, and the boy served the suspension the next day.

[llubon]

6-year-old back in school, suspension cleared

Good, Maybe the Lynch family can parent this time around and teach the boy what he did is unacceptable.

[Mom49of4]

Maybe the school can not be so quick to suspend a 6 year old for a gesture.

[Norman]

So once again, the parents whined and an administrator caved.