Soulshiner wrote: There is a link to the Absolutes in the link in the OP. According to the Denver Post, they were shared with all parents in the community and are posted on the school's website.
"District policy does not prohibit imaginary weapons, but Superintendent Stan Scheer said individual schools are permitted to add enhancements to the general student code of conduct. “It fell under that set of local policy they have in the building, and it was shared with all parents in the community at the beginning of the year,” Scheer said."
That article also says the school says there is more to the story but they don't share student info. That's between the school and the parents, as it should be. The parents are the ones who took it to the media and now this child and his behavior are the discussion of strangers who can now pass judgement on him and them. That's on them as well.
Where did you see this child is a special needs student? Why does that make a difference? A google search shows nothing about the child being a special needs student. The save the world title came from the mother. Could be she is trying to make it seem like it should be okay and message boards are running with it, using to call into question why this "patriotic" little boy is being punished for his "hero" like behavior.
The OP says the boy was throwing invisible grenades, that is correct. It is also against the Absolutes that the parent received. It's the second one: "No weapons (real or play), illegal drugs (including tobacco) or alcohol". So he was in violation of the Absolutes. Whether his parents read the notice or not is on them.
Like BB said, many people do not read the rules or contracts they have signed until some type of infraction occurs. Kind of the same way that many people don't read the instruction manual and try to build or operate something and only read the document when there is a problem.
The mother said it when she was on KHOW, she didn't use the term "special needs" the term used was IET (individual Education track) or something like that, I'd have to go find the podcast to get the exact wording. And it is provable that the school changed its posted rules days after the incident.
Is it provable? Then let's see it.
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