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Originally Posted by srmom
I have to chime in. Last year, my son got mad at his teacher (who was an idiot btw - that does happen, but no, I never got involved nor backed up my son - I might have if he was my 1st child, but, poor kid - he's the 3rd, and he's pretty much raised himself, we call him the wolf cub  but I digress, sorry). |
As a fellow wolf cub, I love this.
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But, I believe that in many ways the schools are really overstepping the bounds. If the school in question had just contacted the parents and said, "your kid has done something creepy at home and you need to know about it." Then the parents could have punished the kid at home for something he did at home.
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I think there are two different questions, though:
- Was the school within its authority to suspend the student?
- Could the school have handled it better without suspending the student?
From a legal standpoint, the first question is the one that matters. I'm not saying that I think the school handled this the best way possible. Frankly, I don't know about that. I'm just talking about whether the school was within its legal authority, or rather, responding to those who think the school clearly exceeded its authority.
There's no question that just because a school has the legal authority to take certain action doesn't mean its in the school's or the student's best interest to take that action.