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« on: Jun 30th, 2002, 10:59am »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
Kid Pelted With Jelly As Punishment
Sat Jun 29,11:13 AM ET  
 
CREIGHTON, Mo. (AP) - When eighth-graders lined up to throw jelly at a classmate, their teacher called it creative peer discipline. The students thought it was fun.
 
But the school board isn't so sure, and has ordered a review of how student discipline is handled at Sherwood Middle School.
 
"I was horrified when I heard about it," board member Blanche Williams said.
 
English teacher Frank Fleming had the classmates toss jelly at eighth-grader Andy Johnson as punishment for refusing to take part in a reading exercise.
 
Johnson had agreed to is as an alternative to detention or suspension. It was among the suggestions on folded slips of paper submitted by other students, and randomly selected by Johnson.
 
The boy's mother, Carrie Johnson, signed a consent form, and Johnson went to school prepared with jeans, T-shirt, goggles and shower cap.
 
Williams worried that Johnson's civil right may have been violated. Two other board members said they were concerned that fellow students administered discipline. So the board agreed Wednesday to review staff handbooks for all schools in the 950-student district.
 
Fleming, who no longer teaches at the school, declined to comment.
 
School Principal Daphne Thacker said students laughed as they threw the jelly at their classmate, who also was laughing.
 
"It was real creative, not punishment of any sort," Thacker said.
 
Johnson said he thought having jelly thrown at him "would be pretty neat." He added, "Nobody has made fun of me, and I don't think it was degrading."
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« Reply #1 on: Jul 1st, 2002, 12:05pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
i am really not sure how to react to this...
 
it sounds like a stoning and yet the youth enjoyed it...so is it punishment or entertainment?   Huh
 
anyone?
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Re: Kid Pelted With Jelly As Punishment ...
« Reply #2 on: Jul 1st, 2002, 4:06pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
My take is that the parent was OKAY with this since she signed the consent form.  This is just weird.
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« Reply #3 on: Jul 1st, 2002, 4:21pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
This is just weird.
 
That was my opinion too, Gas ...   Huh
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« Reply #4 on: Jul 8th, 2002, 11:25am »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
It must have been a slow news day in Creighton, MO.
 
Much ado about nothing . . . . .
 
. . . .but that's just my opinion, I could be wrong. Roll Eyes
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