As previously discussed in the Law and Daily Life post, Friday Furloughs: Judge Allows Hawaii to Cut Class, the Hawaii Department of Education (HDOE) was facing legal challenges to its planned Friday furlough program for Hawaii public schools. In a bid to save the state's crippled budget money, the HDOE proposed to dismiss school every Friday. In a surprising turn of events, angered parents sued.
One of the cornerstones of our national success is the requirement that all children regularly attend school. Except in Hawaii, not on Fridays.
A Denver Public School secretary at Palmer Elementary School allegedly used duct tape to bind the hands and mouth of a six year old boy who was acting up. Talk about taking school punishment to a whole new level!
The Denver Post reports that Ms. Jennifer Carter is charged with false imprisonment and child abuse of six year old Joshua Fredericks. These are both criminal misdemeanor charges.
According to the boy's mother, Ms. Ashlye Tenner, the incident occurred last Wednesday when her son was sent to the principal's office for acting up. She told NBC's 9News Denver: "I can't even start to imagine what would make someone do something like this. Joshua is my son and I would never tape him up for any reason, so for a school secretary to tape up a student, it's beyond me."
