Fort Bend third grader suspended over Jolly Rancher

[danmedic]

Originally Posted by Reivax

Don't share food or you get detention.
One of the major things I was raised up to believe was a virtue, sharing, is now a punishable offense.

It became an offense after districts got sued after kids had allergic reactions to food they had gotten from other kids. I agree that it's ridiculous, and that our kids should know what they can and can't eat, but the fact is that in a litigious society like we have become, the districts have to protect themselves.

[jimmyev]

Originally Posted by danmedic

It became an offense after districts got sued after kids had allergic reactions to food they had gotten from other kids. I agree that it's ridiculous, and that our kids should know what they can and can't eat, but the fact is that in a litigious society like we have become, the districts have to protect themselves.

School districts don't seem to care if they get sued for banning books, spying on families with laptop videocams, bullying lesbians or proselytizing (all of which they loose) so why the hell would they care if they got sued for sharing food?

[danmedic]

Originally Posted by jimmyev

School districts don't seem to care if they get sued for banning books, spying on families with laptop videocams, bullying lesbians or proselytizing (all of which they loose) so why the hell would they care if they got sued for sharing food?

They apparently do. That's our district's excuse for the rule.

I don't want anyone to misunderstand me. I think it's a ridiculous rule. But it IS the rule, and we don't get to disregard it just because we think it's silly.

[astrohip]

Originally Posted by desertsun41

Now that I read yours, read mine and answer this time. Truthfully that is. Would you or would you not be the first to complain and have the loudest mouth if the they threw your kid out of school for eating a piece of candy? By any modern day communist rule, a kid eating a piece of candy is NOT a crime....in school or out. If it were then the schools would be empty.

Once again, let's go over this. They did NOT throw anyone out of school. They did NOT suspend anyone. They gave this girl detention. Lunch & recess detention--not even after school detention, just lunch & recess. Was it too severe or inappropriate? Perhaps. But at least get the facts correct.

Schools have rules. Without them, there is chaos. If you disagree with a rule, then protest to the principal. But if you violate them, enforcement should follow.

Typically, violating them is not a CRIME as you call it, simply a violation of a rule.

[Trudysmom]

I am sad that the girl will have to remember this, such a negative thing over nothing. No common sense with people.