Posted on 11/02/2010 12:39:41 AM PDT by ransomnote
HAMILTON (FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) - A teen's spirit week stunt has landed him in hot water.
Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School Senior Dan Depaolis, dressed in medieval garb, rode a horse into the school's parking lot as part of spirit week.
What he, and his parents, thought was a good-natured stunt, the school deemed dangerous. Depaolis was suspended from school for two days.
The vice principal allegedly suspended the 17-year-old even after the boy’s father explained that the horse was brought in on a trailer and that no one was in danger.
The father tells FOX25 the school compared the stunt to bringing a “loaded firearm” to school and that he and his wife were shocked to hear about the suspension, saying that the 1100-pound horse, named Pierre, would never hurt a fly.
The school would not comment, saying that they do not talk about any aspect of student discipline.
The family says they plan to contest the suspension.
Ninnies.
Stupid principal needs a lesson in SPIRIT, and then sent home,
for good.
How much does a school bus weigh?
Good luck with that! They will just get more lessons in inanity and frustration.
IDIOTS GONE TO SEED . . . given power, clout . . . still no brains.
Personally I fail to make that connection. Is there a single intelligent judicious administrator left in all of the American public education system?
When I was in high school, I discovered an old law that was still on the books that said that if a student rode their horse to school, the school had to provide the horse hay and water. I had a horse, and if I didn’t live seven miles of dangerous winding roads from school, I would have done it once just to see what they did.
What is this school’s mascot? The Knights?
Was spirit week their idea? If so you can’t blame the kid for doing something they invited.
I'd say hinnie. Or mule.
What jackasses.
Do we continue to allow these isiots to teach our children? Why?
Are they so deeply entrenched that we can’t pry them out?
I am glad I do not have kids in school...I would be in their faces constantly....losing perhaps...but in their faces railing against their absurdity.
[shakes head]
What jackasses.
Do we continue to allow these idiots to teach our children? Why?
Are they so deeply entrenched that we can’t pry them out?
I am glad I do not have kids in school...I would be in their faces constantly....losing perhaps...but in their faces railing against their absurdity.
[shakes head]
Its a Government School. The father was ignorant enough to think they had a sense of humor? Silly him...
“The father tells FOX25 the school compared the stunt to bringing a “loaded firearm” to school “
It’s true... horse manure is extremely dangerous.
LOL My mother told me she HAD to ride a horse to High School in the ‘30s. When I said, “Cool”, she replied, “No, we were poor.” The other kids had cars. She was the 9th of thirteen kids, 10 lived. She was the first to go beyond 8th grade.
The vice principal must have suffered from equinophobia, I wonder if he’s ever been to a racetrack. Does his medical plan cover much needed psychiatric care?
The parents say the horse wouldn’t hurt a fly. LIARS!
I mean those horses have big tails that swat at flies all the time. The horse is evil. EVIL! It should never have been near a school. A small child could have got hit by the fly-killing tail.
the principal is obviously a horse-o-phobe!
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