Posted on 04/02/2004 11:28:22 AM PST by Puppage
(Ansonia-AP, Apr. 2, 2004 1:15 PM) _ The father of a nine-year-old Ansonia boy is questioning his son's three-day school suspension from school.
Jason Pardy says the suspension for inappropriate touching was too harsh. He says his son accidentally brushed a girl's backside during a game of tag.
However, school officials say the incident was thoroughly investigated and the penalty fits the offense.
Pardy says his son, a third-grader, was playing tag with a girl last Friday when he accidentally grazed her buttocks with his hand while tagging her. The girl later told teachers the boy had grabbed her backside.
Pardy says the incident is "overblown" and was a simple misunderstanding.
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