Posted on 06/17/2013 7:47:51 AM PDT by servo1969
School officials in Calvert County, Maryland have denied a request to expunge the suspension of the kindergartener who brought a plastic cap gun on a school bus last month and then wet his pants during a subsequent interrogation.
The refusal came in the form of a letter dated Friday, reports The Washington Post. The letter stated that the five-year-old “did bring a cap gun in his book bag.” It also charged that some other children were frightened and told school officials that they couldn’t discern if the orange-tipped cowboy-style gun was real or fake.
The unidentified kindergartener had brought the toy gun in his backpack because his friend had brought a water gun the previous day. He later told his mother that he “really, really” wanted his friend to see it. (RELATED: Kindergartener interrogated over cap gun until he pees his pants)
School officials at Dowell Elementary School in the town of Lusby proceeded to question the five-year-old for over two hours before finally calling his mother at 10:50 a.m. By that time, he had wet his pants (which the mother called highly unusual).
The Post notes that the principal — Jennifer L. Young, according to Dowell Elementary’s website — told the boy’s mother that things would have been even worse had the toy gun been loaded with caps. In that case, the school would have regarded the plaything as an explosive and called the police.
The original suspension handed down May 29 was for 10 days. After a disciplinary conference and the intervention of local attorney Robin Ficker, the suspension was reduced to three days.
School officials considered — and denied — the request to eradicate the punishment separately.
The boy’s mother (an otherwise unidentified teacher in Calvert County) expressed frustration that a seemingly serious offense for a look-alike gun will now be part of her son’s permanent record.
“I’m disappointed that we can’t bring an end to this,” she told The Post.
“Why would you do that to a five-year-old who brought an obvious toy?” the teacher added
It’s not clear how long the punishment will now remain a part of the five-year-old boy’s permanent record.
Ficker said the family will now appeal the request to expunge the suspension to the Board of Education of Calvert County.
School district officials had no comment about the decision.
The entire country has seen an epidemic of anti-gun hysteria in school settings involving things that somehow resemble guns but aren’t actually real guns. However, the state of Maryland seems to be some sort of epicenter for the phenomenon.
Last week, Anne Arundel County school district officials denied an eerily similar appeal to have Baltimore-area second-grader Joshua Welch’s suspension expunged. Welch is the eight-year-old kid who was suspended for two days in March because his teacher thought he shaped a breakfast pastry into something resembling a gun.
Earlier this year, a six-year-old boy at Roscoe R. Nix Elementary School in Silver Spring, Maryland was suspended for making the universal kid sign for a gun, pointing at another student and saying “pow.” That boy’s suspension was later lifted and his name cleared.
A Maryland state senator introduced a bill designed to curb the zeal of public school officials who are tempted to suspend students in these cases. ”The Reasonable School Discipline Act of 2013,” which was authored by Republican Sen. J. B. Jennings, apparently went nowhere in the legislature.
There are two ways to beat a liberal.
1. Bankrupt them, ala Reagan.
2. Smack them on the nose with a newspaper and they will go whimpering back under the porch. ala Reagan.
This is insane (said the former Prosecutor).
CC
Did they read him the Miranda Rights and offer a lawyer?
Not to mention inflicting sufficient mental stress to force him to wet his pants OR negligent indifference to his requests to perform a basic hygenic function, thus inflicting FURTHER stress through forced violation of societal taboos.
(Yes, I’m phrasing it in such a way to attract the interest of a lawyer. . .)
She doesn't have to, the NSA already has a recording.
Principal:
Mrs. Jennifer L. Young
12680 HG Trueman Rd
Lusby, Maryland 20657
youngj@calvertnet.k12.md.us
Preferably, contact the county supervisor in charge of harassment:
Anti-sexual, Anti-racial and Anti-disability Harassment Statement
Discrimination can manifest itself in behaviors such as bullying, harassment, or intimidation of
individuals.
Calvert County Public Schools does not tolerate any form of harassment including, but not limited
to, sexual, racial, or disability. Any individual (student, employee, or community member) who
believes that he or she has been subjected to any form of harassment is encouraged to report the
allegation of harassment. Students, parents and community members may report allegations of
harassment to:
Ms. Kimberly Roof,
Executive Director of Administration
Calvert County Public Schools
1305 Dares Beach Road
Prince Frederick, MD 20678
http://www.calvertnet.k12.md.us/utilities/feedback/feedback.asp
Calvert County Public Schools is committed to conducting a prompt investigation for any allegation
of harassment. If harassment has occurred, the individual will be disciplined promptly. Disciplinary
actions for students found to have engaged in any form of harassment may result in suspension or
expulsion. Disciplinary actions for employees found to have engaged in any form of harassment
may result in suspension or termination.
Calvert County Public Schools encourages all students, parents, employees, and community
members to work together to prevent any form of harassment.
No, but kids love to manipulate gullible adults. If these sneaky brats could get capital punishment for a five year old through clever acting, we'd finally have an alleged crime for which Maryland's liberals would support the death penalty.
“It’s not clear how long the punishment will now remain a part of the five-year-old boy’s PERMAMENT record. “
I think the reporter needs to spend a little time in the Principals office over that sentence.
Bringing a cap gun to school is some form of harassment or bullying???????
The fembot man-haters running our schools need to realize that when you take the BOY out of BOYS they grow up to be either GIRLS or MONSTERS but not MEN!!!!
The school traumatized and harassed that poor kid more than his toy cap gun ever did!
If there hadn't already been put in place the past few generations the indoctrination of boys into GIRLHOOD since the 1960's, there'd ALREADY have been a CWII/ARII in this country.
“Here in Texas, we left our guns hanging in rear window gun racks in our pickup trucks in high school so we could go hunt with friends after school. Didn’t even have to worry about them being stolen, much less getting in trouble for having them.”
When I was in Israel, I joined the IDF early (17) because I had been pre-selected to go to flight school.
I went to Yeshiva pretty much every day with my M16 on my back.
Now, with NSA recording all of your trivial daily life events, it actually IS a permanent record.
There sure are a lot of incredibly stupid people in education these days, especially administration.
Transforming America.. into a Police State.
Mission Accomplished, el Duce.
The great majority of “educators” are disgraces to humanity and child abusers. It is only too bad that the kid didn’t “pee” on the “educator”.
Professional asshats need not post
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