Posted on 03/04/2006 7:16:11 AM PST by ncountylee
WIGGINS, Colo. -- Three coaches at Wiggins High School have reportedly been suspended after one of them allegedly taped a student to a weightlifting bench for several hours as punishment for disruptive behavior, according to a broadcast report.
A coach with 30-years experience used athletic tape to restrain the 13-year-old boy, covering his eyes, mouth and whole body, according to the boy's mother Stacy Robinson. Coaches refused to untie the boy even after he urinated on himself, she said.
"(I'm) very angry, there is no excuse for this," said Robinson.
A coach who allegedly tied the boy and two other coaches who witnessed the incident have been suspended with pay, according to Wiggins school Superintendent Sharol Little.
"For this to happen is hard for all of us, so I guess I want to give some certainty and assurance to our parents that we're doing all we can with the facts that we have to make sure that it doesn't happen again," she said.
At least 60 people witnesses the incident.
"You always here stuff on TV about things like this happening to kids and you think there has got to be another side to this story, this kid has to be horrible for something like that to happen, the coach just snapped, that wasn't the case here," Robinson said.
I need to qualify my statement. It was used in family situations.
That is a valid question and I've been Googling to see if I could find out more on this case, but I haven't been able to, this report seems to be it.
LOL. excellent
Everyone knows that the news we're fed today is probably 50% bullsh*t.
I remember when coaches used to run it out of you by either doing sprints or laps. They also wouldn't just punish the disruptive individual, they would punish the whole class/team by making them all run. The innocent/non-disruptive kids would find a way to make sure the wiseass behaved.
You said: I would beat the hell out of a coach who did that to my son, whether he deserved it or not. And I would file charges with the DA.
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That would likely be my reaction too. Then, the article might have read: "Father beats the hell out of coach." And one might ask, what did the coach do to deserve this? And someone else would post: I bet he deserved it. And someone else would say, no matter what the coach did, he didn't deserve to be treated like that.
My point? Maybe the kid DID do something deserving of getting taped to a bench. Maybe he did the same to a smaller kid, or maybe he beat up some kid, or maybe attacked the coach, and rather thank kick his sorry butt around the school, the coach restrained him. I don't know, and neither do any of the rest of us (although I'd like to know more). Maybe we all need a little more perspective before we judge this one.
So they taped his EYES and NOSE for his own good?
He could have died.
This "coach" should be in jail.
Sorry. I missed the "foolish" post. If you read the rest of mine you will see that I was asked if there was ever a reason to restrain a child and that I acknowledged I was not refering to this situation since I don't know what happened but just throwing out an example.
He was tough but fair and the student body loved him.
As a teacher I have a strict policy of NOT touching a student ever, for any reason, ever. That includes pats on the back or head, touching the arm or shoulder or face. The only thing I will do is shake hands or give a high five and that is only with kids I have a good relationship with.
That's sad that it has to be that way now, isn't it?
Of course, this assumes the story as told her is 100% correct. You have a good point in that we are hearing the mother's side only because the school cannot release information. What if the kid was not ducttapped but was put into a proper restraint and went home and fed his mom a line of bull? Could that happen? Oh man, every single day it could happen.
The kid had his EYES and MOUTH taped up for "several hours."
"SEVERAL HOURS"
No teacher or coach has the right to to this.
Do you also think that the woman in the new this week was right to keep her kids in a cage? Maybe they deserved that too?
I agree... not for hours on end in any case.
Uh huh. That is all I'm saying. I used to hate this suspended with pay stuff but I have seen so many good people be falsely accused of things , having to struggle to make ends meet until they are reinstated. I try now to encourage my bosses to suspend people with pay .
But this is a criminal offence according to law.
The school also is now open to a civil law suit of false imprisonment, and negligence.
Thanks for the smile. ;^)
Now go ahead and list all the appropriate approved punishments, because obviously the coach did something totally unconventional and used a physical punishment that appears no where in the handbook. But is it wrong, did the kid die or get injured, Does it really matter except as a lawsuit? Would the kid be better off arrested or thrown off the team?
I don't claim to know the answers.
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