my Niece got EXPELLED!

josevolution

kicked out of school for that damm that is severe i would be on the school's ass with 10 lawyers f that....

Bangers_n_mash

Yeah, that's fuckin ridiculous! No way on earth does that warrant expulsion. It's not like she caused physical harm to anyone or anything. Must be a right bunch of clowns running that school. Take it to the courts!!!

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failedpersephone wrote:

This IS public school...and yeah, I remember public school (goddammit it was a long time ago)

I have never heard of such severe punishment.

oh and JOE^3 - my niece wrote a report on the Viet Nam war like 2 weeks ago...how is that for irony.

Glad to know this was a public school. Now who reported this or how did this come to light to the administration? Private school I can understand this punishment but public is a whole other story.

There has to be a system of appeal or maybe they did since she at the end of the school year. Wait a minute does this include next year also?

Need more info here.

Peace

justam

duggro wrote:

you gotta take it to the school board. threaten legal action

I think this is a good idea.

The fact that she has relatives who are veterans and make this joke should be brought up. She had hoped to make people laugh. It sounds like she wasn't trying to be hurtful.

I am surprised that the joke of a fifteen year old girl wouldn't be forgiven in a case like this.

redmosquito10

yeah petition the board, I've seen it work before for one of my friends

failedpersephone

Ledbetterman10 wrote:

expulsion for referencing a war? I guess if she said "nigger" they'd stone her to death or something.

really, that's ridiculous. at the MOST, a teacher or principal should have told her simply not to make statements like that....even though there's nothing wrong with the statement she made. but if they don't want stuff like that, they surely can tell her to stop. but to expel her? there has to be more to it than just the "Charlie in the trees" line

so far the only other thing that ANYONE (teacher/counselor & friends/Student witnesses) have said was that once on the ground she did a "commando style" crawl and said "get down!! get down!!!" and then yelled "Tex! NOOOOOO (fade out style yell) I told you to get down Sold-IER! NOOOO!! WHYYYYYYY!"

I found all of that fucking HILARIOUS when I heard, but - I didn't think it was all that pertinent to my thread question...

the teacher told me (I was at the school to meet with them about this) that she didn't feel the punishment is fitting the 'crime" but that was OFF record...and she is blaming the "zero tolerance" policy.

the Counselor is kinda pissy because aparently I do NOT take my niece's actions "seriously enough"

oh...one last thing, my niece, and the teacher both have said that when the Counselor "marched" her to his office, she made a comment about "gi Joe and a king fu grip"

my niece can't remember what she said, and the Teacher didn't hear it very clearly.

but that is all of the story as I know it...5 students (2 are friends) 1 teacher, 1 teacher assistant, and the counselor...all have agreed upon that version.

EvilMerlin

You've gotta be effing kidding me? You've got one hell of a niece, sounds like a great funny person. That cracked me up, but again, you've gotta be effing kidding me?! Expulsion? F that.

I could understand it if it were Mater Dei, Servite, Rosary, or some other private school of that nature, but not public. Hell, even in those private schools I'd be surprised if it came to expulsion for that.

failedpersephone

oh the expulsion is for the rest of this year...but that means that she will not be able to take the placement tests for next year's AP classes...she is in the classes this year, and had hoped to be in them next year as well.

she has NEVER had even a DETENTION...I mean, this kid is NOT an attention seeking kid or even a problem kid.

and there will be a meeting to see if the expulsion should continue on to next school year.


I am going to talk to the school board and the Superintendent over this one...I was just trying to gauge the reaction here so that i know if I was just being douchy about this.

I am going to be hearing about it from her parents when they get home...she has been staying with me for the past 2 weeks (and is supposed to stay here for an additional 4 more weeks) while her parents are out of the country...
so OF COURSE something like this happens under my watch.

CRAP.

Brisk.

one could say

freedom of speech?

But I dont get the "joke" as im not American and wasn't around at that time.

HermanBloom

Wilds wrote:

Would agree that legal action should be considered against the school system.

They have gone way too far. Wow.

I am so tired of all you sue happy dickheads. The school districts are so strapped for cash and you want to sue. With high gas prices, the schools are getting things left and right. Here's a solution, raise your kids right and don't allow them to act like idiots.

failedpersephone

EvilMerlin wrote:

You've gotta be effing kidding me? You've got one hell of a niece, sounds like a great funny person. That cracked me up, but again, you've gotta be effing kidding me?! Expulsion? F that.

I could understand it if it were Mater Dei, Servite, Rosary, or some other private school of that nature, but not public. Hell, even in those private schools I'd be surprised if it came to expulsion for that.

OH MY GOD!!!

I went to Rosary for like 1 1/2 years!!!! (didnt work...boys liked the uniform.)

thank GOD I got to go back to the public school!

she goes to school in HB...some stupid sounding one...something view...or lake...lake view? mountain view? hillview?? lake hill???

some shit like that.

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failedpersephone wrote:

so far the only other thing that ANYONE (teacher/counselor & friends/Student witnesses) have said was that once on the ground she did a "commando style" crawl and said "get down!! get down!!!" and then yelled "Tex! NOOOOOO (fade out style yell) I told you to get down Sold-IER! NOOOO!! WHYYYYYYY!"

I found all of that fucking HILARIOUS when I heard, but - I didn't think it was all that pertinent to my thread question...

the teacher told me (I was at the school to meet with them about this) that she didn't feel the punishment is fitting the 'crime" but that was OFF record...and she is blaming the "zero tolerance" policy.

the Counselor is kinda pissy because aparently I do NOT take my niece's actions "seriously enough"

oh...one last thing, my niece, and the teacher both have said that when the Counselor "marched" her to his office, she made a comment about "gi Joe and a king fu grip"

my niece can't remember what she said, and the Teacher didn't hear it very clearly.

but that is all of the story as I know it...5 students (2 are friends) 1 teacher, 1 teacher assistant, and the counselor...all have agreed upon that version.

Ok, I could possibly see suspension but to expulsion is out of line IMO. In the end how does expulsion really help this teenager, I just don't think it does. How long did it take to come to this ridiculous decision?

Peace

failedpersephone

nathanastin wrote:

I am so tired of all you sue happy dickheads. The school districts are so strapped for cash and you want to sue. With high gas prices, the schools are getting things left and right. Here's a solution, raise your kids right and don't allow them to act like idiots.

WOW.

um I am not planning on suing the school over anything...I just want her to be able to take her freaking AP tests...hell, I kinda even think it would be cool for her to not have to go to school for the last month...provided she gets to turn in her year long assignments and take the placement tests...I am sure she could do with some extra beach time.

oh, and I kinda think she was "raised right"

igotid88

that sucks.

HermanBloom

failedpersephone wrote:

WOW.

um I am not planning on suing the school over anything...I just want her to be able to take her freaking AP tests...hell, I kinda even think it would be cool for her to not have to go to school for the last month...provided she gets to turn in her year long assignments and take the placement tests...I am sure she could do with some extra beach time.

oh, and I kinda think she was "raised right"

Not a slight to you personally, but a comment on those in this thread who are already calling for suing. I'm sure this will be resolved in a manner more in your liking.

norm

failedpersephone wrote:

so far the only other thing that ANYONE (teacher/counselor & friends/Student witnesses) have said was that once on the ground she did a "commando style" crawl and said "get down!! get down!!!" and then yelled "Tex! NOOOOOO (fade out style yell) I told you to get down Sold-IER! NOOOO!! WHYYYYYYY!"

I found all of that fucking HILARIOUS when I heard, but - I didn't think it was all that pertinent to my thread question...

one thing's for certain......she's DEFINITELY your niece...;)

redmosquito10

Yeah the not being able to take AP tests thing would suck, I took pretty much every AP class possible in high school, and it would be a shame to go through the harder workload for nothing. However, if for some reason things don't work out and she doesn't get to take the tests, tell her it's not a huge deal. I came into college with more AP credit than I can remember, and was actually a senior in terms of credits by the end of my freshman year, but it's still gonna take me 4-5 years to graduate just like everyone else.

norm

nathanastin wrote:

I am so tired of all you sue happy dickheads. The school districts are so strapped for cash and you want to sue. With high gas prices, the schools are getting things left and right. Here's a solution, raise your kids right and don't allow them to act like idiots.

this coming from a person who wishes cancer on 10 year olds

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I BrisK I wrote:

one could say

freedom of speech?

But I dont get the "joke" as im not American and wasn't around at that time.

I get the joke, I even thought it was funny in some respects. Teenagers have done much worse with the many pressures they have to face in schools today. As we have seen with the many shootings in the last decade.

Peace

Jeremy1012

failedpersephone wrote:

so far the only other thing that ANYONE (teacher/counselor & friends/Student witnesses) have said was that once on the ground she did a "commando style" crawl and said "get down!! get down!!!" and then yelled "Tex! NOOOOOO (fade out style yell) I told you to get down Sold-IER! NOOOO!! WHYYYYYYY!"

I found all of that fucking HILARIOUS when I heard, but - I didn't think it was all that pertinent to my thread question...

the teacher told me (I was at the school to meet with them about this) that she didn't feel the punishment is fitting the 'crime" but that was OFF record...and she is blaming the "zero tolerance" policy.

the Counselor is kinda pissy because aparently I do NOT take my niece's actions "seriously enough"

oh...one last thing, my niece, and the teacher both have said that when the Counselor "marched" her to his office, she made a comment about "gi Joe and a king fu grip"

my niece can't remember what she said, and the Teacher didn't hear it very clearly.

but that is all of the story as I know it...5 students (2 are friends) 1 teacher, 1 teacher assistant, and the counselor...all have agreed upon that version.

Haha She sounds fucking hilarious. Whether her education is now screwed or not, she sounds like she's got a good, fun-loving, positive head on her shoulders. This post made me laugh.