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Before this week, 14-year-old Ella Fishbough had never gotten in trouble at school.
The cheerful, curly-haired eighth-grader’s undoing came when she learned that a male friend was having a bad day. As consolation, Ella put her arms around him in a hug.
“It was literally for a second,” the eighth-grader told Click Orlando. But that moment earned her a morning in detention — as well as a blemish on her formerly spotless disciplinary record.
Ella attends Jackson Heights Middle School in Oviedo, Fla., part of the Seminole County School District. The district’s code of conduct prohibits “inappropriate or obscene acts” including “unwelcome or inappropriate touching, or any other physical act that is considered to be offensive, socially unacceptable or not suitable for an educational setting.”
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originally posted by: Annee
My grandson's elementary school has a "hands off, no physical contact" policy.
I think its pretty standard these days.
I'm betting this girl knows her school has this rule.
“I did ask the principal, ‘If something had happened in our family, and she needed to console her cousin, or her cousin wanted to console her, would Ella get in trouble?” Fishbough told Click Orlando. “She said, ‘Yes, ma’am. She would get a PDA.'”
originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: Annee
Yeah.
Well, kids are sort of known for breaking rules.
But a comforting hug? No room for a judgement call?
originally posted by: Spider879
originally posted by: Annee
My grandson's elementary school has a "hands off, no physical contact" policy.
I think its pretty standard these days.
I'm betting this girl knows her school has this rule.
Elementary school, that's how we are living right now, kids may not point a gun finger, hug your buddy toss your friend to the ground and rough housed ,for fear of...it will lead to something
originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: Annee
Yeah. I read it.
“I did ask the principal, ‘If something had happened in our family, and she needed to console her cousin, or her cousin wanted to console her, would Ella get in trouble?” Fishbough told Click Orlando. “She said, ‘Yes, ma’am. She would get a PDA.'”
originally posted by: Enochstask
This is where Liberal insanity has run amok. The Department of Education needs to be scrapped.