Take a look at the headline for my local paper...
8-year-old gets four-day suspension
http://sentinelandenterprise.com/ If I were that teacher (I used to be a high school teacher) I would have had the girl give me the item & would have called the parents in for a conference and would have discussed what is & is not acceptable to bring to school & would have ended it there. The little girl in question - according to the article has no previous discipline problems at the school.
This is the school where my daughter went through 2nd grade. I pulled her out & started homeschooling her. She cried every night before school - she didn't want to go, she was afraid of being sent to that principal's office if her homework wasn't done. Her teacher wouldn't let her go to the bathroom - consequently she came home with wet pants. I called the prinicpal and told him that my daughter had been potty trained since age 2 1/2 and not letting my child go to the bathroom for over 6 hours was abuse. I let him know I was giving him the courtesy of a phone call to give him a chance to fix the situation before I called the Department of Social Services and filed abuse charges. Lord knows the school never would have called me first if they suspected I wasn't allowing my daughter go to the bathroom for that amount of time - they would have simply filed charges.
Anyway, I could go on & on. I'm going to also post this in the homeschooling forum & school reform. I'm also considering contacting the paper...
