School Rates 'I Love Alex' Graffiti As Bad As Drugs, Suspends 6th Grader (cross post)

[The Straight Story]

(I posted this in GD, though I would toss it out here the lounge lizards, I would cross posted it to GD but some people get offended by the word cross there... :rofl:)

School Rates 'I Love Alex' Graffiti As Bad As Drugs, Suspends 6th Grader

KATY, Texas -- Writing "I love Alex" on a school gymnasium wall brought a 12-year-old the same punishment as if she had made terrorist threats.

The Katy Independent School District rated the message, written with a baby blue marker by sixth-grader Shelby Sendelbach, as a Level 4 infraction -- the same as for threats, drug possession and assault.

Only murder, gun possession, sexual assault and arson are considered more severe by the suburban Houston district.

For her punishment, Shelby was assigned to an alternative school from Aug. 27 through Dec. 21.

School district spokesman Steve Stanford said the district was just following a state law, saying it requires assignment to an alternative school for graffiti.

http://www.local6.com/spotlight/13640208/detail.html

[Reverend_Smitty]

1. wow, overreact much Katy Independent School District?

Jeez, make her clean the wall or if she can't do that make her pay for the paint to cover it up, give her a day or two worth of detention and be done with it. Zero tolerance rules make the baby Jesus cry

[Oeditpus Rex]

2. Why is it always Texas or Florida?

:grr:

Two things we could really do without — "zero tolerance" and "three strikes."





Oops... meant to reply to the OP, but what the hell.

[Reverend_Smitty]

4. Well Florida is known as "America's wang"...

I'm not sure what Texas' excuse is :shrug:

[DS1]

3. Ahh Texas. If it was "I blew the entire Football Team" this would get covered up

Footballers can do no wrong, of course

[Oeditpus Rex]

5. Isn't that a prerequisite

for becoming a cheerleader? :shrug:

[DS1]

8. I hope not

that's just sick



but it wouldn't surprise me

[SeattleGirl]

6. I think it's time that we starting having zero tolerance for outrageous stupidity.

:banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

[Danger Mouse]

7. Education in Bush's America...treat the children like criminals, teach them nothing...

and force them to jump through hoops and do state tests all the time. Underfund or cut their sports and extracurricular actitvities, jail or kick them out for ridiculous things, and teach them that oppression isn't just for adults. Oh, we're giving them an 'education' alright.
I weep for the future of this country. :cry: