home school Seriously, I can put you in touch with an Indianan support group if you are interested.
Dana >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:5:193503 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
