Liberal Idiots
2009-10-15 04:19:51 UTC
Check out the comments from cowering liberal cunt Jennifer
Jankowski.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,565640,00.html?loomia_ow=t0:
s0:a16:g4:r5:c0.000000:b28303250:z10
BEAR, Del. A Delaware first-grader who was facing 45 days in
an alternative school as punishment for taking his favorite
camping utensil to school can return to class after the school
board made a hasty change granting him a reprieve.
The seven-member Christina School Board voted unanimously
Tuesday to reduce the punishment for kindergartners and first-
graders who take weapons to school or commit violent offenses to
a suspension ranging from three to five days.
Zachary Christie, 6, had faced 45 days in an alternative school
for troublemakers after he took the utensil a combination
folding knife, fork and spoon to school to eat lunch last
month. Now, he could return Wednesday.
"I want to get him back as soon as possible. I want to put this
behind him as soon as possible," said Debbie Christie, Zachary's
mother. "But I also want him to know that he has a voice, and
when things are not right, he can stand up and speak out against
them."
A spokeswoman for the school district said more changes to the
school system's code of conduct were possible in the coming
months.
The punishment given to Zachary was one of several in recent
years that have prompted national debate on whether schools have
gone too far with zero-tolerance policies.
It was not the first such case in the Christina School District,
Delaware's largest with more than 17,000 students, which
includes parts of the city of Wilmington and its suburbs. Last
year, a fifth-grade girl was ordered expelled after she brought
a birthday cake to school and a serrated knife to cut it with.
The expulsion was overturned, and it led to a state law that
gave districts more flexibility on punishments. But that law
applied only to conduct that triggers expulsions, not
suspensions.
School board member John Mackenzie told The Associated Press
before the meeting that he was surprised school officials did
not use common sense and disregard the policy in Zachary's case.
The need for common sense to prevail over the letter of the law
was a recurring theme among the boy's supporters and school
safety experts.
"When that common sense is missing, it sends a message of
inconsistency to students, which actually creates a less safe
environment," said Kenneth S. Trump, president of National
School Safety and Security Services, a consulting firm. "People
have to understand that assessing on a case-by-case basis
doesn't automatically equate to being soft or unsafe."
Not everyone believed the school district was out of line.
Jennifer Jankowski, who runs the special education programs at
Jennie Smith Elementary in Newark, said schools need to be
vigilant about protecting students. If Zachary or another
student had been hurt by the knife, she said, the district would
have taken the blame.
"If we can't punish him, then what about kids that did bring (a
weapon) for bad things?" Jankowski said. "There's more to the
school's side than just us being mean and not taking this
child's interests into account."
Several people spoke on Zachary's behalf, including some who
said other students had been unjustly punished.
Dodi Hebert said her 13-year-old son, Kyle, was tormented
throughout last year by a group of bullies who ultimately
planted a knife on him. Kyle was ordered into the alternative
school, but Hebert refused to send him there and home-schools
him instead.
"You can't kick kids out of school for the kinds of things that
are happening," Connie Merlet told the board. "This is a
horrible thing to happen to our district, to be on the national
news because you guys weren't paying attention."
Jankowski.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,565640,00.html?loomia_ow=t0:
s0:a16:g4:r5:c0.000000:b28303250:z10
BEAR, Del. A Delaware first-grader who was facing 45 days in
an alternative school as punishment for taking his favorite
camping utensil to school can return to class after the school
board made a hasty change granting him a reprieve.
The seven-member Christina School Board voted unanimously
Tuesday to reduce the punishment for kindergartners and first-
graders who take weapons to school or commit violent offenses to
a suspension ranging from three to five days.
Zachary Christie, 6, had faced 45 days in an alternative school
for troublemakers after he took the utensil a combination
folding knife, fork and spoon to school to eat lunch last
month. Now, he could return Wednesday.
"I want to get him back as soon as possible. I want to put this
behind him as soon as possible," said Debbie Christie, Zachary's
mother. "But I also want him to know that he has a voice, and
when things are not right, he can stand up and speak out against
them."
A spokeswoman for the school district said more changes to the
school system's code of conduct were possible in the coming
months.
The punishment given to Zachary was one of several in recent
years that have prompted national debate on whether schools have
gone too far with zero-tolerance policies.
It was not the first such case in the Christina School District,
Delaware's largest with more than 17,000 students, which
includes parts of the city of Wilmington and its suburbs. Last
year, a fifth-grade girl was ordered expelled after she brought
a birthday cake to school and a serrated knife to cut it with.
The expulsion was overturned, and it led to a state law that
gave districts more flexibility on punishments. But that law
applied only to conduct that triggers expulsions, not
suspensions.
School board member John Mackenzie told The Associated Press
before the meeting that he was surprised school officials did
not use common sense and disregard the policy in Zachary's case.
The need for common sense to prevail over the letter of the law
was a recurring theme among the boy's supporters and school
safety experts.
"When that common sense is missing, it sends a message of
inconsistency to students, which actually creates a less safe
environment," said Kenneth S. Trump, president of National
School Safety and Security Services, a consulting firm. "People
have to understand that assessing on a case-by-case basis
doesn't automatically equate to being soft or unsafe."
Not everyone believed the school district was out of line.
Jennifer Jankowski, who runs the special education programs at
Jennie Smith Elementary in Newark, said schools need to be
vigilant about protecting students. If Zachary or another
student had been hurt by the knife, she said, the district would
have taken the blame.
"If we can't punish him, then what about kids that did bring (a
weapon) for bad things?" Jankowski said. "There's more to the
school's side than just us being mean and not taking this
child's interests into account."
Several people spoke on Zachary's behalf, including some who
said other students had been unjustly punished.
Dodi Hebert said her 13-year-old son, Kyle, was tormented
throughout last year by a group of bullies who ultimately
planted a knife on him. Kyle was ordered into the alternative
school, but Hebert refused to send him there and home-schools
him instead.
"You can't kick kids out of school for the kinds of things that
are happening," Connie Merlet told the board. "This is a
horrible thing to happen to our district, to be on the national
news because you guys weren't paying attention."