An assistant principal at an elementary school in Camden, New Jersey is being accused inappropriately punishing fifteen fifth-grade students for making them eat their lunches with sitting on the gym floor.
Parents and activists called the incident an example of prejudice against Hispanics as the AP was black.
New Jersey state education officials say the punishment was inappropriate because it was demeaning and unsafe. The officials also found the punishment was not biased since it was common for non-Hispanic students as well.
The week long lunch detention stemmed from behavioral problems in their bilingual class.
This is totally ridiculous. The punishment was demeaning and unsafe. YEAH...RIGHT.
I see students sitting on the floor or ground all the time eating their lunches at my high school. So what is the big deal?
The big deal is a group of parents and activists FEEL it was wrong. I am sure it had nothing whatever to do with their being Hispanic. Since they were in a fifth-grade bilingual class, I wonder how many were criminal aliens?
I would be willing to bet the majority of them were illegally in the United States. I bet ICE would love to meet these students and their parents.
OPPS...it would not matter. By federal law, schools cannot check immigration status or require proof of citizenship or legal residence (in the country) to allow them to be in school.
That is another issue that raises my blood pressure. I will go off on that at a later time.
"Without discipline, there is no Marine Corp." - R. Lee Ermey
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good for the VP! As for the rest? Asinine is the word I would use...
The Vegas Art Guy: If we could sit more of them on the floor, we might be able to control them better.
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