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Originally Posted by LaneSig
DaemonSeid-
Just to clear the air, I was not intentionally attacking you or suggesting that you were purposefully not reporting the facts correctly. If it appears that way in my post, I apologize. I just felt that the teacher was being unfairly attacked for something that was taken out of her hands.
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YES YOU WERE!!
Nah...we're cool...I went back and looked and saw that the original source had indeed changed.
But...let us proceed:
This just gets better and better, thanks LaneSig:
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TAUNTON, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts school district on Tuesday night denied a father's claims that his son was suspended for drawing a stick figure of Jesus on a cross.
The Taunton School District said in a written statement that the second-grade student was never suspended over the sketch and that a drawing circulated to reporters by the boy's father, Chester Johnson, is not the same one that was discovered by the teacher.
The district also denied that the boy and his classmates had been assigned to draw something that reminded them of Christmas or any other religious holiday.
Johnson, who had said his son was ordered to undergo a psychological evaluation after the drawing was discovered, did not return multiple phone messages from The Associated Press on Tuesday night about the school district's statements.
"This incident occurred nearly two weeks ago, it was handled appropriately, and the school staff and family had been working together in a cooperative and positive manner," the district said in a statement posted on its Web site.
School officials did not specify any action they took, but said they followed "well-established protocol," including reviewing the child's records and consulting with school psychologists.
"It is unfortunate that the actions of our district staff have been classified as "religious" in nature when, in fact, they were based solely on the wellbeing of the student," the district's statement said.
Somebody's story is starting to look shaky