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TAUNTON, Mass. — An 8-year-old boy was sent home from school and ordered to undergo a psychological evaluation after he was asked to make a Christmas drawing and came up with what appeared to be a stick figure of Jesus on a cross... <BR> <BR> <BR>Superintendent Julie Hackett said she could not discuss an individual student and did not address the drawing specifically or the teacher's reaction to it, but did say the school has safety protocols in place that were followed. <BR> <BR><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0%2C2933%2C580282%2C00.html?test=latestnews" target=_top>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,580282,00.html ?test=latestnews</a> <BR> <BR>--------- <BR>This "No tolerance" policy has been getting a bit out of hand lately. <BR> <BR>A short while ago an Eagle scout with military camp training was suspended from his high school for having a two inch folding pocket knife that was in his first aid kit and locked in the trunk of his car. <BR> <BR><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0%2C2933%2C565520%2C00.html" target=_top>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,565520,00.html</a> <BR> <BR> <BR>This type of nonsense isn't justice, it's abuse. Have these people lost their common sense?
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It's the fear of litigation that no matter what is done, someone, somewhere will instigate a costly lawsuit. <BR> <BR>Oh, for the good ol' days when there was commonsense. <BR> <BR>The charter schools that have been successful have such mandatory rules of respect and obedience that those troubles do not occur. There should be more such charter schools.
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Uh Oh, someone seems to think that the father of the boy is not relating the story in it's correct details. I wonder if this means that the youngster wasn't sent to the psychologist either? <BR> <BR> <BR><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0%2C2933%2C580336%2C00.html?test=latestnews" target=_top>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,580336,00.html ?test=latestnews</a> <BR> <BR>School: Father Not Telling Truth About Son's Suspension, Jesus Drawing <BR> <BR>Tuesday, December 15, 2009 <BR> <BR> <BR>TAUNTON, Mass. — A Massachusetts school district is rebutting a father's claims that his son was suspended from school after drawing a stick figure of Jesus on a cross. <BR> <BR>The Taunton School District said in a written statement Tuesday night that the second-grade student was never suspended over the drawing. It also said a drawing circulated to reporters by the boy's father, Chester Johnson, is not the same one that was discovered by the teacher. <BR> <BR>The district says the boy's teacher never assigned students to draw something that reminded them of the holiday season, as Johnson told reporters Tuesday. <BR> <BR>Johnson earlier said the boy made the drawing Dec. 2 after witnessing a holiday lights display. He said his son was suspended and ordered to undergo a psychological evaluation over concern about the drawing. <BR> <BR>Johnson did not return a phone message from The Associated Press on Tuesday night.
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If the story illustrates anything, it is that kids should not be exposed to violence - and this incudes crucifixes.
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