> The district says it’s responsible for students’ safety and they can’t be unsupervised. <
The article’s title makes it seem like the school district was wrong, very wrong. But then I read the above sentence. Yep, the kid should have been suspended. If he didn’t want to protest, good for him! But then he should have reported to the study hall, where I’m sure a teacher was present.
If a district lets a kid stay unsupervised, that district opens itself up to all sorts of lawsuits. Kids left alone can and do get into trouble.
Wrong. The title is correct.
Why she he be forced to miss classes and cot be educated?
Where are the teachers? Are they being paid their salaries to protest/
What if only 1-3 kids wished to protest? ... class is canceled?
Taxpayers and this student, Jacob, should sue the district.
The 'teachers' were paid for the day to be IN the classroom. Why were they NOT in the classroom? Study Hall is a punishment. I would have refused as well. This boy was where he was supposed to be.
“If a district lets a kid stay unsupervised, that district opens itself up to all sorts of lawsuits. Kids left alone can and do get into trouble.”
Wrong.
That kid went to school on a mandated school day, to learn. He complied with his obligation. Had he not, he could have been arrested for truancy. Note that he was not offered a day off at home, but obligated to be at the school. He was not obligated to take part in a political rally off the school grounds.
If the designated supervisors were deliberately absent, especially for political reasons, it is the absent supervisory person who has failed their duty, not the student.
Schools get their state and federal monies for the number of school days. (Which is why they have to make up snow days in June, to get the money.) If these schools were closed, they should have that money denied or forced to have a makeup day in June.
Why did the teacher leave the classroom?
I thought this was supposed to be a student led impromptu protest.
Instead it was apparently a government sponsored political rally.