School disciplines blind child by taking away cane and replacing it with pool noodle

[Liberal_in_LA]

A blind 8-year-old Kansas boy was left humiliated this week when school administrators punished him by confiscating his cane and replacing it with a floppy pool noodle.

Dakota Nafzinger was born without eyes and he uses the cane to help him get around. Now, he’s stuck using a floppy piece of styrofoam for the next two weeks.

North Kansas City School District Spokeswoman Michelle Cronk told WTKR-TV that the cane is school property and staff decided to replace it with the pool noodle after Dakota allegedly hit a peer with his cane during a school bus ride.

Dakota’s father, Donald Nafzinger, feels his boy’s actions were misinterpreted as he often lifts his cane and waves it around. He feels the punishment is unfair.

http://blog.sfgate.com/sfmoms/2014/12/17/school-disciplines-blind-child-by-taking-away-cane-and-replacing-it-with-pool-noodle/

[Anansi1171]

1. Im going to give a blanket, bigoted "Everyone in Kansas

...is an ass" until the good people there evidence even a basic level of humanity by firing the entire school administration. This is so absurd im floored.

Imagine if this child was not simply blind but black or female.

[Fred Sanders]

2. Given the voters preference for government the whole place is a wet pool noodle.