Tea Party News Network -- The political correctness police are working hard to clamp down on what were once seen as innocent child behaviors. Ethan Chaplin attends Glen Meadow Middle School. He faced extreme disciplinary action for twirling a pencil with a pen cap during class. The boy was suspended from school pencil unless and until he underwent a psychological evaluation for what the district said was odd and non-conforming behavior.
Charles Maranzano, Vernon Schools Superintendent, claims that the boy was not actually suspended, but was prevented from attending school until the psychological evaluation was complete. However, the actions of the school in not allowing the boy to attend school fits within the definition of suspension. Ethan’s experience and the over-the-top punishment he had to endure came at the hands of a student who had previously bullied him. NJ.com reports on this case of school discipline gone awry. (See video below)
Ethan Chaplin, a Glen Meadow Middle School student, told News 12 last week that while he was twirling a pencil with a pen cap on in math class, a student who bullied him earlier in the day yelled “He’s making gun motions, send him to juvie.”
He was suspended for two days and then underwent five hours of a physical and mental exam at Riverview Medical Center’s crisis unit, his father told NJ.com.
Maranzano told the New Jersey Herald decisions are made on a case-to-case basis on how long it takes before a student returns. Once an evaluation is done, a student could potentially return the next day, he said.
According to the Huffington Post, the superintendent said, “Our actions are always based on what’s best for the health safety and welfare of all the students. We’re responsible for their mental and physical health and safety and security. When a student misbehaves or displays actions that are non-conforming or don’t meet our expectations, it causes us some concerns. I don’t want to be the one who failed to act when there were warning signs being demonstrated or displayed.“
Ethan’s father, Michael Chaplin, was disturbed by these comments about his son believing that the superintendent as likening his son and his actions to the heinous actions of the Sandy Hook shooter. While he was able to return to school, Ethan, according to his father, continues to be harassed by school officials. His father shared the additional humiliation his son has to endure from school administrators.
He also said his son is being followed around the school by the principal and being observed in class. Michael Chaplin also said all of the boys at his son’s lunch table have been interviewed and the school appeared to be doing a bullying investigation regarding the boy who made remarks in his son’s math class.
“The child was stripped, had to give blood samples (which caused him to pass out) and urine samples for of all things drug testing. Then four hours later a social worker spoke to him for five minutes and cleared him. Then an actual doctor came in and said the state was 100 percent incorrect in their procedure and this would not get him back in school.”
Mr. Chaplin said, “the issue remains there was little grounds to actually take the actions they demanded.”
Blog author's comments - Political correctness out of control. No doubt the school officials are liberals. The kid who yelled out "he's making gun motions, send him to juvie", should have been the one required to undergo evaluations. And Ethan Chaplin's parents should at least threaten to sue the school district for what happened. It would be difficult for me to keep a child of mine in that school unless there were changes made regarding the actions of the teacher and Superintendent of the school.
The teacher should have known that the kid saying "send him to juvie" was being a bully in order to get him in trouble. This is child abuse and pure stupidity by those in charge. The school owes this young man an apology and the Superintendent should do it in front of his class and teacher. When is common sense going to make a resurgence in our nation? The liberals are pushing really hard on the whole "guns are scary" tactic since the shootings at the Sandy Hook school. Yet as far as I know these same people in charge of the school systems are for the most part against having armed security guards in the schools.
