60 Students suspended for biking to school

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Permalink Reply by Joe Willis on May 22, 2012 at 5:59pm


We did the same with 5 cows. Fun cow fact, Cows can only walk UP stairs and lack the skill to walk DOWN them.

That was a great day of second floor classes.


James BlackHeron said:

Get 3 pigs.

Number them 1, 2, & 4.


Let them loose in the school stadium.

Laugh all day while they look for pig #3...

Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on May 22, 2012 at 11:53pm

Cows go up the stairs.  Hamburger comes back down...

Permalink Reply by Banshee: 12-15mi on May 23, 2012 at 3:50am

It is funny how the article keeps changing? I sent an email to the Superintendent and snail mail my letter on our company letterhead with my business card, letting him know my disappointment on how Ms. Pennington handled the situation.

Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on May 23, 2012 at 4:27am

ADA does not apply to utility/mechanical areas of the building.

it's always hard to take the elevator to the elevator penthouse.

Most buildings have areas that are not ADA compliant.  

Permalink Reply by Liz on May 23, 2012 at 5:20am

Honestly most school and jobs could care less about getting a suspension in high school, if you have the GPA it doesn't really matter.  Tryvon Martin's suspension is equally irrelevant to what happened, but its one of the few things people have to vilify him.  Its quite a rare exception that there's ever any mention of a suspension again in life. All that permanent record stuff is baloney, in general if your actions lead you to many suspensions, your grades are not likely good and you likely didn't participate in extracurricular activities, and that is what colleges and employers care about. If you do well but have a few run ins its not usually a problem.

I've received security clearances and in any of them I have never been asked about a suspension in high school (I did actually get suspended at one point), all they cared about was verifying my graduation records and ensuring I had not committed any felonies as a juvenile. 

Zoetrope said:

I see your point, but it's still on their record, no?  I know any college or university worth it's salt would look at that suspension and laugh, but you never know what can happen in a kids life where something like that will come out and potentially be used against them.  Best example I can think of and hate to bring it up: the Trayvon Martin case.  

But it is still unnerving that a person like that could be in charge of so many students and clearly not be suitable for a position of authority.  I mean, it is as if after 4 years of existentially soul crushing "education" and "character building", that Katie Pennington felt the need to deliver one final blow to her students psyche's in an effort to say "Go forth into the world and be just like me.  Be afraid to bend the rules, be afraid to follow your heart once in a while, and don't forget to be afraid to laugh and experience true joy." 


Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on May 23, 2012 at 9:02am

Such a lame apology.

This is plainly an abuse of authority -she needs to be fired, or at least "suspended" for her gross misconduct and abuse of authority.


This person should not be in charge of a school.

Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on May 23, 2012 at 9:04am

A million times THIS!

h' said:

"My first response to learning of our high school seniors riding bikes to school on busy roads was to fear for their safety, and I responded in kind."

 

Seems like there's still some work to be done here.

Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on May 23, 2012 at 9:30am

I'm pretty sure she is apologizing only because her job is now on the line over this.

Otherwise she'd have stuck to her original story. 

Permalink Reply by Barry Niel Stuart on May 23, 2012 at 10:58am

Most of these seniors are close to being legally considered as adults.  They shouldn't have to ask the principal, "Mommy, may I?" to bike to school.  Or is she trying to be the true nanny-state bureaucrat and bar them from bicycling to school in order to protect them from themselves?  It appears that this kind of bureaucrat dreads the idea that an adult should be able to think for him/herself after 12 years of schooling.

Permalink Reply by Mike Schwab on May 23, 2012 at 2:03pm

The district is also allowing the seniors another opportunity to say goodbye to classmates and teachers, rescheduling their walk through the school for May 30 -- the day they come back for commencement practice. The school is also allowing the students time to make up any final exams they missed Tuesday.

 

 http://www.wzzm13.com/news/article/212805/14/60-students-suspended-... 

Permalink Reply by Zoetrope on May 24, 2012 at 4:49am

I thought it was a pretty adequate apology for the most part.  More on the part of the schools superintendents etc. than of Katie Penningtons but that was to be expected.     

Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on May 24, 2012 at 4:54am

Perhaps just adequate enough to keep her out of the unemployment line -which is the only reason she bothered.  

Not adequate enough for my tastes.  And we all know she doesn't mean it or else she would have apologized right away for being a raving anti-bike nutcase. 

Apologies under duress are meaningless. 

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