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Horse riding teen suspended from school
MyFoxBoston.com ^ | 10-31-10

Posted on 11/01/2010 10:22:01 AM PDT by rawhide

HAMILTON (FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) - A teen's spirit week stunt has landed him in hot water.

Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School Senior Dan Depaolis, dressed in medieval garb, rode a horse into the school's parking lot as part of spirit week.

What he, and his parents, thought was a good-natured stunt, the school deemed dangerous. Depaolis was suspended from school for two days.

The vice principal allegedly suspended the 17-year-old even after the boy’s father explained that the horse was brought in on a trailer and that no one was in danger.

The father tells FOX25 the school compared the stunt to bringing a “loaded firearm” to school and that he and his wife were shocked to hear about the suspension, saying that the 1100-pound horse, named Pierre, would never hurt a fly.

The school would not comment, saying that they do not talk about any aspect of a student discipline.

The family says they plan to contest the suspension.


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: arth; horse; napl; school; teen
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To: rawhide

Idiots.


21 posted on 11/01/2010 10:33:06 AM PDT by Leg Olam (A pipe gives a wise man time to think and a fool something to stick in his mouth.)
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To: Frantzie

If Paul Revere were to do that today, the police would arreste him, claiming he was creating a public disturbance!


22 posted on 11/01/2010 10:33:20 AM PDT by rawhide
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To: rawhide

Dang teenagers, always horsen around....


23 posted on 11/01/2010 10:33:35 AM PDT by clyde260 (Public Enemy #1: Network News!)
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To: pingman

Must be. There seems to be a great many asses on them.


24 posted on 11/01/2010 10:34:04 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Yes, as a matter of fact, what you do in your bedroom IS my business.)
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To: Rebelbase
Based on your list of school concerns it seems that if the horse had been wearing a condom there wouldn’t have been any issues.

If the horse had just been GAY....

25 posted on 11/01/2010 10:34:06 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lame and ill-informed post)
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To: rawhide

You are all missing the point. It isn’t a live animal or deadly weapon. It is the fact that he dressed in medieval garb, like a CRUSADER. He might have offended some Moslems.


26 posted on 11/01/2010 10:36:05 AM PDT by webheart (I am a Sarah fan.)
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To: rawhide
What's wrong with a little fun?


27 posted on 11/01/2010 10:37:39 AM PDT by rawhide
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To: CharlesWayneCT

You would die if you lived down south. Senior week down here is nuts.....riding a horse to school would be considered tame.


28 posted on 11/01/2010 10:38:17 AM PDT by panthermom
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To: CharlesWayneCT
The only reason not to ask is if you think there is something wrong with it.

I can't believe you (you!) typed that.

29 posted on 11/01/2010 10:39:03 AM PDT by Tax-chick (I love the smell of napalm in November. Go Sharron! Go Christine!)
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To: rawhide

Most likely, this was all about the liability.

So, on one hand, the student can have a little fun. On the other hand, some other student starts having a sneezing attack, decides they are allergic to horses, and sues the school. Terrified of lawsuits, the school district agrees to settle for $75,000, instead of going to trial, and fires the principal.

Some lawyer gets $70,000 of the settlement, and every student has to take a mandatory class in “why horses are bad.”

The words “fun” and “school” are no longer found in the same sentence, unless a lawsuit is involved. And you know who to blame.


30 posted on 11/01/2010 10:39:43 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy
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To: pingman

If a school committee were asked why deer, cows and horses all eat the same thing yet produce different droppings. I bet you would find out that they don’t know sh#t.


31 posted on 11/01/2010 10:40:56 AM PDT by Leg Olam (A pipe gives a wise man time to think and a fool something to stick in his mouth.)
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To: rawhide

Golly, look at the picture.

Loopy leftwing posters at the fox site are attempting to insist that it wasn’t really about the horse as the school told the young man, but about the sword - only, as we see - there was no sword.

Maybe they meant the spoon?

no, wait, there is no spoon.


32 posted on 11/01/2010 10:41:12 AM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.8)
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To: rawhide
Maybe if the horse had been wearing a disguise, the school would have thought he was just another student?


33 posted on 11/01/2010 10:41:47 AM PDT by rawhide
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To: CharlesWayneCT
The only reason not to ask is if you think there is something wrong with it.

No, I don't agree. The only reason to ~ask~ is if you think there might be something wrong with it. I'm pretty sure it never would have occurred to me to ask permission for something so completely harmless.

34 posted on 11/01/2010 10:42:01 AM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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To: rawhide

You’re supposed to ping people when you mention them...


35 posted on 11/01/2010 10:44:00 AM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.8)
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To: MrEdd

How’s Wilbur these days? I had a boyhood crush on his wife back then!


36 posted on 11/01/2010 10:44:41 AM PDT by rawhide
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To: rawhide
Note: "Horse riding teen" <> "Horse-riding teen".

I opened thread expecting a Tiajauna Donkey Show story. Fail.

37 posted on 11/01/2010 10:44:54 AM PDT by Rodamala
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To: rawhide

The kid was just trying to bring the horse’s head count and the horse’s ass count a bit closer to parity, percentage wise.


38 posted on 11/01/2010 10:45:33 AM PDT by Erasmus (Personal goal: Have a bigger carbon footprint than Tony Robbins.)
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To: Ramius

He should tell them he is a recent convert to the Amish lifestyle, They would have to acquit him on the religious freedom grounds.


39 posted on 11/01/2010 10:46:36 AM PDT by Venturer
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To: rawhide

He still can’t beat me at chess...


40 posted on 11/01/2010 10:47:09 AM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.8)
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