By allowing your son to continue to be at the wall for a comment said a month ago (for which he has apologized to the other boy), in my opinion, the school has promoted nothing other than an opportunity for the "table to be turned" - now YOUR son is the one being taunted, teased, laughed at, and made fun of. I do not blame you one bit for being so livid over this!! Any school should have punishment to "fit the crime". Why is it your son has to face the wall every day now for a month but yet in most schools, when a child gets in a fight, he/she is suspended anywhere from 2-5 days and then it's over? In my opinion, your son should have had his punishment for one day and then be done with it. Heck, my youngest (he's 13) had to serve an hour's detention after school for talking back to one of his teachers - after he served that hour, his punishment was over. Talking back to a teacher is more severe than two kids calling each other names. Get a copy of the school district's policy on punishment and what is allowed by the school board. Did the principal set the punishment at his own will or was it designated as a fair punishment by the school board? Until you get a copy of that policy in your hands, you won't know the answer to that. But one thing is for sure, your son has more than served his time for the crime!!! Please keep us posted! |