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7-Year-Old Boy Who Made Gun-Shaped Pastry Has Appeal Denied
Guns 'n Freedom ^ | 6/10/13

Posted on 06/11/2013 7:21:46 PM PDT by Impala64ssa

The family of the 7-year-old boy from Ann Arundel County elementary school who was suspended for making a gun shape out of a pastry has tried to clear the boy’s record.

This story made headlines across the country as the gun control debate has taken center stage among many elementary schools as some school administrators flex their muscles with a “zero tolerance policy” that excuses itself from common sense.

But according to the Baltimore Sun school officials denied the boy’s family’s appeal on Monday, not allowing the boy’s record to be expunged of the incident.

Robin Ficker, attorney for Park Elementary School student Josh Welch and his family, said he will now appeal to the county school board.

Josh Welch was suspended in March for two days after school officials accused him of shaping the pastry into the form of a gun and waving it around, which was obviously a serious threat to everyone eating lunch around him.

The boy’s father was furious about how the entire situation was handled and how the school displayed a classic overreaction in their discipline of the boy.

“When you compare the caliber of the ‘offense’ to the caliber of the punishment, they don’t match up,” he said at the time. “I just feel that’s a lack of common sense in conjunction with the use of the rules and, honestly, I believe there’s some personal bias involved in the decision, as well.”

The family said it plans to appeal to the Anne Arundel County School Board.

The family’s attorney said he has 30 days to appeal to the county school board and will more than likely do so this week.

“I’ve spoken to Mr. Welch, and we’re definitely going to appeal to the board of education,” said Ficker, referring to Josh’s father, J.B. Welch. “If this school can’t educate a 7-year-old without putting him out of school, how are they going to deal with 17-year-olds?”


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: armedcitizen; arth; banglist; bluestates; boys; childabuse; childsuspended; democrats; discipline; edutrash; govtabuse; gunhysteria; gunshapedpoptart; liberalfascism; liberalidiots; poptart; publiceducation; publicschools; rapeofliberty; zerotolerance
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Another case of school administrators behaving badly.
1 posted on 06/11/2013 7:21:46 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
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To: Impala64ssa

The school administrators are obviously pedophiles into sado masochism ~ they should be hauled way for observation, and then trial.


2 posted on 06/11/2013 7:23:51 PM PDT by muawiyah (Git yer Red STATE Arm Bands here - $29.95 - NOT SOLD IN STORES - TAX FREE)
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To: Impala64ssa

Forget the appeal process, just sue them for mental abuse, harassment, stupidity or whatever they can think off.


3 posted on 06/11/2013 7:24:15 PM PDT by Fzob (In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. Jefferson)
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To: Impala64ssa
“When you compare the caliber of the ‘offense’ to the caliber of the punishment...

there was no offense, only a liberal agenda.

4 posted on 06/11/2013 7:25:43 PM PDT by RC one
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To: Impala64ssa

The kid is lucky he isn’t in more trouble since his father used the word “caliber”. He is obviously a gun nut and needs to be suspended.../sarc


5 posted on 06/11/2013 7:27:07 PM PDT by LexRex in TN ("A republic, if you can keep it.......")
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To: Impala64ssa

This country has officially gone insane. I remember the days when kids used to play with super soakers outside, play cops and robbers on the streets..now you can’t even have a pastry without leftist freaks accusing you of using it as a weapon


6 posted on 06/11/2013 7:28:37 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Impala64ssa

How about the locals paying school taxes? Shouldn’t they have a say in how, or even if, this should be handled?

They’re paying the freight and should stand up and be counted. I certainly would.


7 posted on 06/11/2013 7:28:49 PM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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To: Impala64ssa; Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Ping


8 posted on 06/11/2013 7:29:42 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
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To: Impala64ssa

Sounds to me like a great opportunity to “FREEP” this next meeting!


9 posted on 06/11/2013 7:32:07 PM PDT by 3D-JOY
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To: Impala64ssa
These Obamabots only understand one thing; legal action.
Sue the school district, as well as officials and the board individually, so the entire country can see what the face of stupidity and liberal dogma look like!
10 posted on 06/11/2013 7:32:24 PM PDT by publius911 (Look for the Union label, then buy something else.)
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To: Impala64ssa

I hope the School Board people are elected. If they screw this up, they are toast, I would hope. But in Baltimore, you never can tell.


11 posted on 06/11/2013 7:32:51 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
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Withdraw the boy from the school and either homeschool or go private school.

Government schools are child abuse


12 posted on 06/11/2013 7:33:16 PM PDT by Politically Correct (A member of the rabble in good standing)
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To: Impala64ssa

I’m sure little Josh will now grow up with a healthy respect for authority.


13 posted on 06/11/2013 7:35:09 PM PDT by MrBambaLaMamba (Obama lies, smokes, blasphemes, eats pork, reads your mail and drinks during Ramadam)
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To: Impala64ssa

Time to work on an escape-from-MD plan.


14 posted on 06/11/2013 7:36:33 PM PDT by Paladin2 (;-))
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To: Impala64ssa

Uppity boy.


15 posted on 06/11/2013 7:36:35 PM PDT by null and void (Republicans create the tools of opression, and the democrats gleefully use them!)
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To: Impala64ssa

The following accurately describes the affluiction causing grown adults to conflate Pop-Tarts and guns:

PSYCHOSIS
noun \si-’ko-s?s\
Fundamental derangement of the mind (as in schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality
(especially as evidenced by delusions, hallucinations, and disorganized speech and behavior)


16 posted on 06/11/2013 7:40:40 PM PDT by Iron Munro (Obama-Ville - Land of The Freebies, Home of the Enslaved)
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To: Impala64ssa
If the panty wastes in MD had any guts they would show up armed (open carry) at the next school board meeting and have a logical talk with the board. The open carry part would be the contrast to the pop-tart.

Sorry, my bad. They gave up those rights without doing anything about it. Now people in MD can be prosecuted for crewing on food - forget it is a kid. You have to think what is next on the list.

17 posted on 06/11/2013 7:40:42 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA (Molon Labe - Shall not be questioned)
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To: Impala64ssa; All

http://youtu.be/BhqUGCNiK9w


18 posted on 06/11/2013 7:43:04 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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You said it. I graduated from middleschool last year and now I’m a freshman in highschool. But after the school shootings, and despite the fact that I am my schools alumni and that I had nowhere on my person to hide a weapon of any kind, they won’t even let me visit my old teachers. I still have a copy of the constitution to give to my social studies teacher...


19 posted on 06/11/2013 7:43:43 PM PDT by Iskwoklam
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To: LexRex in TN

Caliber is merely a vocabulary term, I see not the logic of suing him over the use of a word, unless you have a reply?


20 posted on 06/11/2013 7:43:43 PM PDT by Iskwoklam
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