Posted on 06/29/2014 10:32:50 PM PDT by chessplayer
SURPRISE, Ariz. -- An assistant superintendent for the Dysart Unified School District defends calling a kindergartner's actions "sexual misconduct."
Five-year-old Eric Lopez pulled his pants down on the playground at Ashton Ranch Elementary School last Spring and received a punishment of detention for what the school has deemed sexual misconduct.
Eric now has a note that will remain in his permanent file for the duration he attends Dysart schools. His mother was not notified of the incident or the note her son signed in the assistant principal's office until after the fact.
District policy states that a parent does not have to be present for a disciplinary meeting unless the student requests his or her parent.
"He did not know that he could ask for me," said Eric's mother, Erica Martinez "He's 5."
Martinez has been fighting for two months to have the sexual misconduct label removed from her son's file, saying Eric's actions were not sexual in any way. So far, the district has denied her appeal."
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Correct. This is insanity.
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