[mickie]

No one is mentioning that the other children in that class had 'rights' too.
It was necessary to remove that 5 year old tyrant from the school. It is a shame they couldn't contact the mother before the police arrived.
How else could the police have gotten her into the back of the police car sitting outside the school.....without her running away or punching the officers? She had to behave herself with hands behind her back.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

She had to behave herself with hands behind her back.

It was reported (for what that's worth) that her feet were also tied with plastic ties. She must have been kicking too.

[muawiyah]

The mother had requested to transfer her daughter earlier. It was denied ~ several times as I understand.

The mother was attempting to protect the rights of the other children. The principals and teachers have some other motive here that's not exactly clear.

[ShadowDancer]

It is a shame they couldn't contact the mother before the police arrived.

They did contact her and told her that if someone wasn't done they were going to have to call the police in. She 'informed' them that she couldn't be there until 3:15.

[Dante3]

I agree.

Also in Florida, the case of a well-behaved boy - who only wanted to bring water to Terri Schiavo and therefore was handcuffed and taken away - received hardly any attention.

[nina0113]

It is a shame they couldn't contact the mother before the police arrived.

I watched the video - they DID contact the mother & she said she couldn't come till after 3. This is just insane. If I'd acted like that in kindergarten, the teacher would have put me over her knee, popped my butt, and that would have been that. I don't think I've ever seen a kid who literally needed a pop worse that this one - she worked herself into hysterics, daring the ineffective 'teachers' to stop her, and they legally couldn't. Three quick smacks would have stopped that tantrum, and traumatized her a lot less than being taken away in handcuffs.

[Bear_Slayer]

It is a shame they couldn't contact the mother before the police arrived.

She was contacted. She couldn't make it any earlier. She was busy! /sarc

[doc30]

No one is mentioning that the other children in that class had 'rights' too.

To some liberal educator's mind, this is an ideal 'learning' experience so the other kids can learn diversity and tolerance to others in the classroom. To say it was a disruption is to deny this 5 year old's right to expression and will reinforce a negative stereotype in the minds of the other children.

Did I capture the essence of PC education?

[iconoclast]

It is a shame they couldn't contact the mother before the police arrived.

I believe they did and Inga said she couldn't leave work before 3 o'clock.

[Americanexpat]

"It is a shame they couldn't have contacted the mother before the police arrived."

From what I read when the story first hit they did contact her at 2 something PM and she said she couldn't make it till after 3PM.

[ARA]

You make no argument... She shouldn't have been handcuffed.

[B4Ranch]

>>It is a shame they couldn't contact the mother before the police arrived.<<

They did and the mother refused to come to the school.