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Girl, 12, suspended four months for gym wall graffiti
ABC 13 ^ | July 7, 2007 | AP

Posted on 07/08/2007 7:37:55 PM PDT by Ptarmigan

(7/07/07 - KATY, TX) - Writing "I love Alex" on a gymnasium wall dealt a suburban Houston sixth-grader four months at an alternative campus for an infraction school officials lump in the same severity as making terroristic threats.

Written with a baby blue marker, the graffiti by Shelby Sendelbach, 12, was considered by the Katy Independent School District as a Level 4 infraction -- also the same level for drug possession and assault.

Only murder, gun possession, sexual assault and arson are considered more severe by the district.

(Excerpt) Read more at abclocal.go.com ...


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KEYWORDS: homeschoolingisgood; school; stuckonstupid; stupidity; zerotolerence
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The girl admitted to doing this, but THIS IS WAY TOO HARSH. MORE ZERO TOLERENCE STUPIDITY!!!!!!!!! STUPID PC GARBAGE!!!!!!!!!!! She should be forced to clean the wall up and have some detentions.
1 posted on 07/08/2007 7:37:58 PM PDT by Ptarmigan
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Either homeschool or parochial/private school is the answer. No one should allow their offspring to attend the socialist government schools anymore!!
2 posted on 07/08/2007 7:39:54 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (Indianhead Division: Second To None!)
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Yes, I think it's too harsh.

But I always say that the right way to fix the schools is to make it possible for the schools to get rid of the bad kids. Bad kids can ruin the school experience for many, many others.

Is this girl a "bad kid"? Probably not. Should she have been dealt with this way? Probably not.

But I do not want to hamstring schools when they try to enforce discipline. Too many schools don't have enough of it.

3 posted on 07/08/2007 7:42:57 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Progressives like to keep doing the things that didn't work in the past.)
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Writing "I love Alex" on a gymnasium wall dealt...

Maybe the 'A' and the 'L' looked a whole lot like an 'S'???

4 posted on 07/08/2007 7:43:40 PM PDT by admiralsn (An army of sheep led by a lion would defeat an army of lions led by a sheep. --Asian Proverb)
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To: Ptarmigan; metmom

Well, I wouldn’t want my child in an alternative school either - especially if it was a first offense. That is something the article doesn’t state.

They could always homeschool. It’s an alternative school from Aug 27 to Dec 21st.


5 posted on 07/08/2007 7:45:01 PM PDT by Peanut Gallery (It seems that either God still wants it to be spring or He keeps knocking over his rain can.)
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This is what happens in this PC litigious society. Kids get expelled for really minor things that would never had raised an eyebrow 20 years ago.


6 posted on 07/08/2007 7:45:10 PM PDT by Ptarmigan (Bunnies=Sodomites)
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Those who write on gymnasium walls
Roll their **** in little balls
Those who punish those words of wit
Eat those little balls of ****.


7 posted on 07/08/2007 7:45:30 PM PDT by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich!)
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“Either homeschool or parochial/private school is the answer. No one should allow their offspring to attend the socialist government schools anymore!!”

My daughter was homeschooled.
Well adjusted and happy
Graduated from Stanford, class of 04.


8 posted on 07/08/2007 7:45:35 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker ( Hunter/Thompson/Thompson/Hunter in 08! "Read my lips....No new RINO's" !!)
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I’ve seen lots of profanity written on gym walls.


9 posted on 07/08/2007 7:46:14 PM PDT by Ptarmigan (Bunnies=Sodomites)
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You sound like a fine father. Congratulations.
10 posted on 07/08/2007 7:48:27 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (Indianhead Division: Second To None!)
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Kids get expelled for really minor things that would never had raised an eyebrow 20 years ago.

I admit that this is not a good thing.

I guess my real question would be: what does this school do to kids who disrupt classes, or physically intimidate other students? If those kids get detention, but "damaging school property" gets a four month suspension, then ... we have a problem.

11 posted on 07/08/2007 7:50:22 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Progressives like to keep doing the things that didn't work in the past.)
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This is incredibility stupid.


12 posted on 07/08/2007 7:54:05 PM PDT by freekitty
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To: ClearCase_guy
Yes, I think it's too harsh.

But I always say that the right way to fix the schools is to make it possible for the schools to get rid of the bad kids. Bad kids can ruin the school experience for many, many others.

Is this girl a "bad kid"? Probably not. Should she have been dealt with this way? Probably not.

But I do not want to hamstring schools when they try to enforce discipline. Too many schools don't have enough of it.

It's completely wrong for the infraction, but in severity AND in "teaching a lesson." The girl should have had a 1 day "in school suspension" where she would have to work cleaning the whole day. Then, every day for a month, she should have had a detention, so every day after school for a month, she has to continue cleaning for an hour or two. More than anything else, that first day's suspension would be so that all the other students would be able to see her cleaning.

Mark

13 posted on 07/08/2007 7:54:07 PM PDT by MarkL (Listen, Strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government)
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If she had written “I love Alice”, then the school would have praised her instead of punishing her...


14 posted on 07/08/2007 7:55:18 PM PDT by LibFreeOrDie (L'Chaim!)
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Off with the infidel’s head!


15 posted on 07/08/2007 7:55:32 PM PDT by Graybeard58 (Remember and pray for SSgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
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The first role of any bureaucracy is to prevent the exercise of comment sense, judgment, and ability. Zero-tolerance laws imply zero brains on the part of management.


16 posted on 07/08/2007 7:57:37 PM PDT by TWohlford
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If she had written “I love Susan”, all would be forgiven.


17 posted on 07/08/2007 7:58:24 PM PDT by expatpat
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To: LibFreeOrDie
B I N G O !
18 posted on 07/08/2007 7:58:35 PM PDT by StACase
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I’m dumbfounded. I suppose that for kissing the little strawberry blond girl behind the piano in kindergarten during nap time ( she was a more than willing participant ) at six years of age I’d be labeled a sex offender for the rest of my life and would have had to register with the feds and state.


19 posted on 07/08/2007 7:58:37 PM PDT by GravityFree (Death is not the end, nor the beginning of the end, but only the end of the beginning.)
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This is really stupid. Many of the kids on “alternative campuses” are really bad kids. Sending one who just did something stupid there can either put them in danger, or draw them to a crowd of really bad friends.

I’ve seen that problem too close - so I’ll just shut up now.


20 posted on 07/08/2007 7:59:21 PM PDT by speekinout
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