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ESTILL SPRINGS, TN (WSMV) -
If a child gets sick at school, naturally teachers will call a parent. But when officials at one school couldn't reach a dad right away, they called the Department of Children's Services. Now, that father in Franklin County wants to know why.
kaylaluv
Our school also requires you to pick up your child via car (except for special circumstance).
Lilroanie
We have many times before had protests to prove a point, like 23 moms taking turns sitting in a crappy math teachers class till we had proof he was an idiot and he finally got fired.
Lil
TelosAs A.J. put it Meanwhile, in other major western countries, children are being assigned a “state minder” from birth under draconian new proposals that would enable the government to spy on families under the justification of preventing “child abuse”.
8675309jenny
kaylaluv
Our school also requires you to pick up your child via car (except for special circumstance).
That seems absolutely ludicrous.
What if I don't have a car?
What if I drive a dually truck that I don't feel like navigating through some school parking lot maze?
What if I'd like to save the planet a few kg of co2 and ride my tandem bike over?
OpenMindedRealist
reply to post by kaylaluv
An important aspect of the situation is being overlooked by you and others. The father was told that he could take his children before the time stated in policy, but only if he signed a form allowing his children to walk home on their own. He did not want to authorize that, for obviously he was concerned over their safety since he intended to walk them home. The school gave him two bad choices: waste 30 minutes waiting, or authorize the school to let the kids walk home alone.
kaylaluv
I didn't get that out of the video at all. What I heard was, "all walkers are released as soon as all buses are loaded." Period. I never heard anything about if you sign the form you don't have to wait, but if you don't sign the form you do have to wait. I heard nothing like that.
kaylaluv
8675309jenny
kaylaluv
Our school also requires you to pick up your child via car (except for special circumstance).
That seems absolutely ludicrous.
What if I don't have a car?
What if I drive a dually truck that I don't feel like navigating through some school parking lot maze?
What if I'd like to save the planet a few kg of co2 and ride my tandem bike over?
Hire a taxi?
Borrow a car?
Homeschool?
defcon5
reply to post by 8675309jenny
Actually the crux of the problem here is school policy is just school policy, it holds zero bearing in the real world. It certainly isn't law, and it most assuredly doesn't trump law. To make matters worse you have a law enforcement officer, who should have known better, trumping up false charges and making an illegal arrest over a violation of something that isn't law. Basically he falsely arrested the man for "pissing off a police officer" (what the police call a 'Popo' charge), when the man was legally standing up for his legal rights. Then, you also have a sheriff and principal defending the officers illegal actions.
All three of these gentlemen need to be removed from office, civilly sued, and the officer needs to be criminally charged with false arrest and filing a false police report.
defcon5
kaylaluv
I didn't get that out of the video at all. What I heard was, "all walkers are released as soon as all buses are loaded." Period. I never heard anything about if you sign the form you don't have to wait, but if you don't sign the form you do have to wait. I heard nothing like that.
Its the piece of paper that is being passed between him and the clerk behind the desk.
8675309jenny
kaylaluv
8675309jenny
kaylaluv
Our school also requires you to pick up your child via car (except for special circumstance).
That seems absolutely ludicrous.
What if I don't have a car?
What if I drive a dually truck that I don't feel like navigating through some school parking lot maze?
What if I'd like to save the planet a few kg of co2 and ride my tandem bike over?
Hire a taxi?
Borrow a car?
Homeschool?
Are you high? You actually BELIEVE those are reasonable suggestions? Hire a taxi to sit in line for an hour?!?!?!
Borrow a car? Why not a Learjet? Hell, if you don't have your own airplane you shouldn't be allowed into an airport right!?!?
Or homeschool?
Is that you Marie Antoinette? Yea, why can we have our chauffeurs pick up our kids like all your civilized people......
defcon5
School policy doesn't trump the US Constitution or state statues. Annoying a police officer by respectfully sticking up for your rights is not a crime. The arresting officer and the elected sheriff should know this. If they don't understand this basic legal concept neither of them have any right to be in law enforcement. The schools only legal recourse to deal with someone that is breaking school policy is to deny admittance to the families children, not trump up false arrest charges to silence opposition.