California Girl (11) Suspended For 'Dangerous' Cartwheels

Executioner · Post by **Executioner** » Fri Nov 12, 2004 3:11 pm

http://www.local6.com/news/3913357/detail.html

POSTED: 7:49 am EST November 12, 2004
UPDATED: 1:06 pm EST November 12, 2004

An 11-year-old girl in West Covina, Calif., was suspended from her school from doing "dangerous" cartwheels and hand stands during lunch time, according to a Local 6 News report.

Deirdre Faegre, who is a Student of the Month at San Jose-Edison Academy in West Covina was dismissed from the school this week after school authorities warned her for the last time to stop doing gymnastic stunts during lunchtime.

Administrators at the school said they were concerned about safety of their students. They said gymnastics on the playground creates an unsafe situation.

"I thought they were absolutely weird, because I see other kids playing baseball and soccer and I think that's more dangerous than gymnastics," Faegre said.

Deirdre's parents are giving the school's actions a failing grade. The family says they'll continue to stand by their daughter.

"I don't think they care about the children at all," father Leland Faegre said. "What sort of a parent or administrator would ever enforce a rule that would proscribe a child from using her arms and her legs? We have got to fix this mess because we have to let children be children."

Her parents said they will home school Deirdre until they find a more "reasonable" school.

Calls to school administrators went unanswered.

Jeez... WTF is next?

Viperoni · Post by **Viperoni** » Fri Nov 12, 2004 7:43 pm

There's stupid, there's absolutely retarded, there's something else, and then there's this.

nexus_7 · Post by **nexus_7** » Fri Nov 12, 2004 8:28 pm

i believe it. school admins are RETARDED now adays.

i mean getting suspended/expelled for playing cops and robbers and using a finger gun, or the whole nail cliper.

If and when I have kids they are going private until HS (just like me) and that worked out Great...cant you tell. LOL

Greg

Viperoni · Post by **Viperoni** » Fri Nov 12, 2004 11:46 pm

Originally posted by nexus_7
i believe it. school admins are RETARDED now adays.

i mean getting suspended/expelled for playing cops and robbers and using a finger gun, or the whole nail cliper.

If and when I have kids they are going private until HS (just like me) and that worked out Great...cant you tell. LOL

Greg

Whichever school you went to Greg, they mustn't have taught English

Sexy Pid · Post by **Sexy Pid** » Sat Nov 13, 2004 2:00 am

Must have been one of 'dem American schools, eh?

Invisible Evil · Post by **Invisible Evil** » Sat Nov 13, 2004 7:46 am

I once wore a Megadeth t-shirt with a picture of a baby hanging by its toe on a closeline, Reallly not a bad shirt just meaning the Youth are being hung out to dry b/c the world is so F'd up.
Next thing I know Im sent home.

TheSovereign · Post by **TheSovereign** » Sat Nov 13, 2004 11:25 am

pluralis liberalis

Pugsley · Post by **Pugsley** » Sun Nov 14, 2004 3:13 pm

Funny thing is... I use 4.5 to do all my editing.

dadx2mj · Post by **dadx2mj** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 9:45 am

TV news just ran a story saying the school has reversed it's decision. They are going to allow her to do her cart wheels ,etc but only on the playground not in the hallways and such.