I'd fight it. It sounds like an arbitrary decision based on one teacher's attitude.
But you may also want to look at getting her into another school if possible. I wouldn't be surprised that if you win the case, either at the supervisor or schoolboard level, I would not put it past the principal and teacher doing someting to get back at her. larry On 1/20/06, Dawson, Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > MT's Verizon post got me fired up again... > > On my way to work, my wife called and said she had received a call from > the high school that my oldest daughter (16) attends. > > They suspended her for having a nose piercing. Around Xmas, she spent > $70 of her own money to get a tiny stud in one of her nostrils. > > Of course, there are other students with similar piercings. This one > teacher is the only one who has ever made a comment and today took her > to the principal for discipline. (She got the piercing right after Xmas > and today is Jan 20. Now, all of a sudden, it's a bad thing?) > > The suspension paper said she had to remove it before coming back to > school. The guy who did the piercing said not to remove it for eight > weeks. Well, that's still five weeks away. > > So, do we lose the $70 piercing or do we fight it? I, and my wife, are > ready to fight this. I told my daughter to cover it with a small > bandage, then tell them "it is taken care of", but not to lie and say > she removed it. > > My daughter has had some problems with friends and got into some > trouble. Her grades suck and she hates school. We finally got her > interested in school again where she is studying like she has never > studied before. Now, they kick her out of school for this crap. > > Are public school systems this fekked-up everywhere or just Warrick > County, Indiana? > > M!ke > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:193455 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
