Six Year Old Suspended

In this day and age one can't help but wonder what this six year old did to get booted out of school.  It's a crazy world we live in and well, you just never know what a little kid is capable of these days.  

The six year old in question apparently "sexually harrassed" a classmate.....by kissing her on the cheek.   

Seriously?  The adults running the schools in this country need to come down off the ledge and get a grip on reality.  

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/12/11/colorado-school-district-flooded-with-calls-after-6-year-old-suspension-over/?intcmp=latestnews

The principal at the Colorado school where a 6-year-old was suspended Monday for planting a kiss on a classmate's cheek said the allegations on the student's record will be changed from "sexual harassment" to "misconduct."

Tammy DeWolfe, the principal at the Lincoln School of Science and Technology in Canon City, said the school has been working with Hunter Yelton's family to resolve the issue stemming from the incident.

Yelton was initially accused of sexual harassment that Canon City school officials wanted on his school record. A School District RE-1 official said the repeat offenses meet the school policy definition of sexual harassment and they hope the tough standards will force the boy to change his behavior.

"They sent me to the office, fair and square. I did something wrong and I feel sorry," Yelton, told KRDO-TV. The school’s voicemail box is full and they have not returned calls.

Yelton's mother, Jennifer Saunders, told the station, "I'm going to stand up and fight for him because that's not the case, that's not what happened at all."

The boy's mother said her son was suspended once before for kissing the girl and had disciplinary problems, but the girl did not object to being kissed. She told the station that the two children like each other. The girl, however, told Fox News she just wanted Yelton to "knock it off."

In the meantime, the Cannon City School District has been inundated with phone calls in defense of the boy. A woman who answered the phone at district office said the office is "very busy," dealing with some callers who are being hateful. The woman did not provide her name.

The Colorado Department of Education said it does not have jurisdiction in local control issues and will not comment on the issue. Local elected school boards and administrators set their own rules, it said.

Middle School Lockdown for Guns

I can't help but notice the timing of this student bringing a gun to school as we come up on the anniversary of the Connecticut tragedy from last December.

http://www.examiner.com/article/lake-zurich-middle-school-south-on-lockdown-after-weapon-incident

After a student allegedly brought weapons to Lake Zurich’s Middle School South in the northwest of Chicago suburban town of Lake Zurich, Illinois on Tuesday, the school was put on a “code red” hard lockdown, according to WGN-News on Tuesday. Besides the Lake Zurich’s Middle School South being put on lockdown, the Isaac Fox Elementary School which is located nearby was put on lockdown as well.

Students’ parents received a call from the Lake Zurich School District office asserting that the student who had brought the weapons to school had been apprehended. They were also told that the weapons had not been used.

The school’s web site says that the situation is “All Clear” and that the lockdown at both schools has been lifted. It also says that the students at South Middle School are resuming normal classroom activities. Additionally, all after-school activities have been cancelled for Tuesday.

Lake Zurich is located approximately 37 miles from downtown Chicago, located in the southwestern portion of Lake County.