[Ptarmigan]

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.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Either homeschool or parochial/private school is the answer. No one should allow their offspring to attend the socialist government schools anymore!!

[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.

[admiralsn]

Writing "I love Alex" on a gymnasium wall dealt...

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

[Peanut Gallery]

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.

[RichInOC]

Those who write on gymnasium walls
Roll their **** in little balls
Those who punish those words of wit
Eat those little balls of ****.

[freekitty]

This is incredibility stupid.

[LibFreeOrDie]

If she had written “I love Alice”, then the school would have praised her instead of punishing her...

[Graybeard58]

Off with the infidel’s head!

[TWohlford]

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.

[expatpat]

If she had written “I love Susan”, all would be forgiven.

[GravityFree]

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.

[speekinout]

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.

[airborne]

Do you suppose she would have gotten the same treatment if she had professed her love for another girl?

[ThomasThomas]

I assume they took 27 8-by-10 color glossy pictures with the circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one explaining what each one was to be used as evidence against her. Hopefully the Judge will fine her 50 dollars and tell her to clean up the mess.

[deport]

Houston Chronicle article with more details

Shelby Sendelbach and her dad, Stu
Sendelbach, display photos Thursday,
of grafitti, "I love Alex" that the sixth-
grader wrote on a gym wall. The Katy
Independent School District initially had
her charged with a felony for her expression
of puppy love. Steve Ueckert: Chronicle

[samtheman]

She should be forced to clean the wall up and have some detentions.

Seems pretty obvious to me. But then, I'm not a public school administrator.

[plain talk]

Back in the day, she would have received 3 licks with “Big Bertha”.

[bannie]

The punishment might be so severe because often taggings are gang signs.

[ZGuy]

Here’s another one in the never-ending series. . .

[stinkerpot65]

Government schools are evil.