By Zerline Hughes
So, remember my “she-said” blog rant about the mass suspensions at my daughter’s school?
Well, I decided to get the skinny from the main source – the principal. She graciously took unscheduled time to sit with me and offer general details of the situation. First, lemme say, it’s pretty sad. Second, lemme say, that I think she was up against a wall on decision making. Yet and still, there’s got to be a different way to deal with our children considering all these new situations that didn’t exist, 30 years ago -heck, not even five years ago.
Bullet points on what had happened:
- Young ladies (5th grade) were using their cell phones during school day.(violation no. 1)
- Said young ladies (again, 5th grade) were planning fights- not just heat of passion altercations, but strategically, pre-meditating, setting up fights. (major violation no.2)
- These young ladies (reminder, 11 & 12 years old) used those cell phones to record fights. (yikes!)
- And, of course, these young ladies posted the fights on social media. (woah!)
Not These Two 