No, no now. None of that.
Posted on 11/13/2007 2:08:00 PM PST by MotleyGirl70
MASCOUTAH, Ill. - Maybe they hugged it out: school officials resolved their dispute with the parents of a 13-year-old girl given detention for hugging her friends.
Melissa and Dean Coulter met with officials of the Mascoutah School District 19 to discuss the two detentions given their daughter, Megan, for hugging friends goodbye for the weekend. School officials said the eighth grader violated a policy banning public displays of affection.
"Our whole purpose of the meeting was to get them to talk to us and discuss what changes needed to be made and if (the policy) could be improved," Dean Coulter said. "We scheduled it because we figured it was the right thing to do."
Her parents told her to serve the detentions to avoid getting into more trouble, and had planned to take the issue before the Board of Education at its meeting Thursday.
Superintendent Sam McGowen said in a statement Monday that the Coulters had withdrawn their request to speak at the meeting, and decided instead to meet with administrators.
"I'm grateful they sought this meeting and we could have a level of discussion that helps us both understand each other's concerns more clearly," McGowen stated.
He said he and Assistant Superintendent Terry Gibbons met with the Coulters on Friday and discussed the policy that led to the detentions.
"We told them that we reviewed it on an annual basis and that's where we left it," he said.
Coulter said McGowen was very receptive during the meeting, and that the family is satisfied with the district's promise to at least look into revising the policy.
"I just feel like we've accomplished what we wanted to accomplish, and that was for them to talk to us," he said.
How about them Packers?
At least it didn’t end up in a lawsuit.
The hugging saint.
With four hugs a day prescribed for survival, eight a day for emotional strength and 12 for growth, what would scientific research make of Amma?
Known fondly as The Hugging Saint, she is said to have hugged more than 26 million people from all races, religions and walks of life all over the planet. This week she’s in Ireland for a two-day hugathon.
“Oh, well, sweetie,” Obama said, beckoning the woman forward, “come over here and give me a hug. You’re just getting all choked up.”
Not agreeing with the school on this but my high school also had rules about P.D.A. and that was 1959-1963
Huge game for us this week against the Cowboys.
Yes, but the Seahawks are making a comeback! LOL
But in order to be a Liberal in a Liberals mind you must be a Democrat or a minority.
Between girls?
I went to a Christian high school in the 80s and hugging was fine. So was handholding.
Kissing was verboten.
There was no groping or making out in the middle of the hallways. That was a given.
Aren't government schools just wonderful?
And the girls are just as bad (if not worse) than the boys.
You are both right. I’m going back more than 40 years and memory fades. It was kissing that was forbidden, not hugs, however I don’t remember a lot of hugging going on either.
Aww... that’s so incredibly adorable! I think I’m having a cuteness overload or something =)
What will the school do when the sport teams hug each other after a great play is made during a game? After all, they are doing exactly what this girl did. Just wondering if there is a double standard?
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