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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Fri Sep 27, 2013, 01:28 AM Sep 2013

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Father of Brooklyn teen who died on class field trip gets call asking why son has been absent

By Chelsia Rose Marcius AND Ben Chapman / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

A thoughtless phone call forced a bereaved father to begin grieving all over again.

Brooklyn teen Jean Fritz Pierre drowned on a class field trip in June, but that didn’t stop school officials who called his devastated dad last week to tell him his son was skipping class.

Jonas Pierre, who this month filed a notice of claim for two $5 million suits against the city over the 16-year-old’s death, said staff from Prospect Heights International High School called him to set up a meeting to discuss his son’s awful attendance record.

The distraught dad said the school’s insensitive phone call broke his heart again just as he began to recover from the greatest loss any parent could ever experience.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/father-brooklyn-teen-died-class-trip-heartless-call-article-1.1469078#ixzz2g3poDDpL

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Father of Brooklyn teen who died on class field trip gets call asking why son has been absent (Original Post) hrmjustin Sep 2013 OP

... CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2013 #1

Heartbreaking. hrmjustin Sep 2013 #2

Rowan Atkinson........Predictor Of The Future thelordofhell Sep 2013 #3

NYC DOE Acting with Its Customary Sensitivity and Efficiency Smarmie Doofus Sep 2013 #4

I hope they discipline the worker. hrmjustin Sep 2013 #5

CaliforniaPeggy

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Fri Sep 27, 2013, 01:30 AM

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hrmjustin

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2. Heartbreaking.

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Fri Sep 27, 2013, 01:31 AM

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thelordofhell

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3. Rowan Atkinson........Predictor Of The Future

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Fri Sep 27, 2013, 02:02 AM

Sep 2013

Smarmie Doofus

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4. NYC DOE Acting with Its Customary Sensitivity and Efficiency

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Fri Sep 27, 2013, 10:09 AM

Sep 2013

What a swamp.

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)

5. I hope they discipline the worker.

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Fri Sep 27, 2013, 04:33 PM

Sep 2013

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