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A six-year-old student at Old Mill Pond (Elementary) School in Palmer, Mass. "traumatized" other students and caused a "disturbance" when he took this "gun" to school. Oh, really!
Let's see ... calm down... stay cool ... don't over-react ... don't say (or write) anything you'll regret. OK, breathe...
And watch the video embedded in the article.
The kid had to write a letter of apology and may be disciplined, including losing his bus-riding privileges.
Have you ever heard of anything so insane? But this is what is happening to our kids in our schools.
What must parents do? They must impress upon School Board members everywhere that such a reaction by a school is wrong. The kid didn't have a gun. He had a toy! A Lego toy.
I think the school administrators ought to be fired!
Want to send a card or letter of support to the boy and his mother? Switchboard.com shows her contact information as Mieke Crane, 12 Emelda St., Palmer, MA 01069. Tel. (413) 283-7870
And, if you want to send your 2¢ worth to the School (be polite, now), here is the contact information: Mrs. Jacqueline Haley, Principal, Old Mill Pond School, 4107 Main St., Palmer, MA 01069 Tel. (413) 283-4300 Website: www.palmerschools.org
Her email address may be jhaley@palmerschools.org
The Superintendent of Palmer Public Schools is Thomas Charko, who doesn't provide an email address on his webpage. His office address is 24 Converse Street, Palmer, MA 01069. Phone: (413) -283-2650. Fax: (413) 283-2655
His email address may be tcharko@palmerschools.org
Maybe they should all watch the 2011 Palmer Schools Anti-Bullying Video on the District's website, because that's what they did to this six-year-old.
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Email from the school district:
"There was no punitive action taken by the schools. The children did nothing wrong and it was only a misunderstanding by a parent and the bus company.
"Some adults went to the news before they actually knew what the schools were going to do."
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