Strollerderby

Addressed to Linda Geyer and the School Administration:

Concerning the recent suspension of a kindergardener at the Parma Community School, I think your actions are ignorant and irresponsible as well as discriminatory!  It is school officials like yourself that put boundaries on children (often with religious undertones) that forbid our youth individuality, creativity and free-thinking.  I am ashamed that this still happens in America where our rights are dwindling everyday thanks to idiots like you.

I am glad to see that the parent of this child is going to enroll them in a different school.  At least they still have that right!!!

Addressed to the School Administration:

Thats fantastic!!! When your done disrupting the childs education can we go after the parents. Maybe put them in some sort of consentration camp. How about we take any kid or parent that does not adhere to the rules and load them on a train car and gas them!!! ( Just kidding, Hitler already proved that doesn't work. )

Good thing the kid was not born with a birth defect that is visible to the other children. We might have to suspend them for being a visual disruption to the whole school.

I remember back in the 80's when I was sent home for having my ear pierced.Then for wearing a RockNroll t-shirt with Ozzy Osbourne biting the head off a fake bat.

Oh, the joys of teaching our children intolorance!!!

Mike,

You bring up a good point – you can remember being sent home for wearing certain things, sure.  I wonder how many of your classmates can remember the shirt or the earring? I’m guessing . . . none, maybe?  I don’t think children actually are as “disrupted” as these omadhauns think they are by clothing or hair or whatever.  Sure, it might spark some initial interest.  But kids get used to things fast.  Show me the adult that can remember being traumatized by a classmate’s haircut in kindergarten or fourth grade, and then I’ll start giving idiots like these the benefit of the doubt. . . . . *crickets* . . .

A while back, my then 2nd grade daughter wanted a blue stripe in her hair (I'm thinking too many viewings of Aquamarine...) Anyway, I was seriously going to give her the blue stripe.  But, by some coincidence, I was reading the dress code for her PUBLIC elementary school a few days later.  "No extreme hair or make-up...for example blue hair."  It specifically said BLUE hair!  I'm rebellious at heart and still wanted her to do it--however, the daughter did not inherit my bad girl tendencies (thank God!) so we passed...maybe over summer vacation?  My long and drawn out point is that this type of rule may be more common that we think and that we should possibly leaf through the student hand book once a year just to check...?

IGNORANCE!!!!!!!!

My son is a Senior and a Wrestler that hold his school name up high!!

He got a mohak and almost all the team got one.It was not problem. It is just hair and a style. Last time I check we live in USA "Freedom" Ignorance is no excuse for STUPIDITY.

Dear Mom keep fithing for your sons rights!!!!!

I believe school should be more concer with REAL issue happening right undewr their nose!!!!!

SHAME SHAME SHAME!! WHY are our CHILDREN dying in IRAQ?????????

What is the name of this fascist school?

Anyone here know?

What a way to teach tolerance, by being intolerant!

I remember in high school, because I had a huge colorful mohawk, and all kinds of DIY clothing...most of the school dress code was made up because of me.

They tried to cite my hair as a "safety hazard" a few times along a bunch of other BS like, chains on clothing...and I couldn't wear stockings with holes in them. It was SO stupid.

Dress code crap falls in the same category, but to a lesser extent, of scapegoating: the same way school administrators blame things on ADD instead of their utter ineptitude.

The principal at my school was ineffective but tried to make like he was doing his job by targeting me-- a student with decent grades who didn't get into fights or cause REAL disruptions and was actually going on to a college with a good reputation. Since he couldn't do anything about the REAL problems we had-- poor resources and funding-- he just enforced the dress code to make it look like he did his job.

The fact this reach is extending to young children really sickens me. Administrators need to focus on kids with broken homes, kids with learning disabilities, inept teachers, and what is actually being TAUGHT in the classroom.