DCG posted: " WCVB: Milford (MA) parent is questioning the two-day
suspension of his 10-year-old son from Stacy Middle School, our news
partners at the Milford Daily News reported. Nickolas Taylor, a
fifth-grader, was suspended after pointing an imaginary ray gu" Respond
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Milford (MA) parent is questioning the* two-day suspension of his
10-year-old son* from Stacy Middle School
<http://stacy.milfordpublicschools.com/?sessionid=7374edfed365367e86c5a28e76d38e66&t>,
our news partners at the Milford Daily News
<http://www.milforddailynews.com/article/20141118/NEWS/141116372> reported.
Nickolas Taylor, a fifth-grader, *was suspended after pointing an imaginary
ray gun - his finger - and mouthing laser sounds in the school’s cafeteria*
last Friday, said Brian Taylor, Nickolas' father.
“I think this is very slanderous toward Nickolas and his character,” said
Taylor. “*It was non-threatening. He’s just a typical boy with an
imagination.”*
*A conduct slip, written by Assistant Principal Noah Collins, lists the
offense as a threat.* Collins could not be reached for comment despite
numerous phone calls and emails seeking comment - nor could Stacy
Principal Nancy
Angelini
<http://angelini.stacy.milfordpublicschools.com/modules/tt/profile.phtml?profile_id=67825>.
Superintendent Robert Tremblay
<http://superintendents-office.milfordpublicschools.com/modules/groups/integrated_home.phtml?gid=1015520&sessionid=54e1533d9742995c37461c078053e394&t>also
did not return phone calls and emails.
In the school’s 88-page handbook, threats are listed as an offense
punishable by detention, suspension, or even expulsion based on the
severity. *The level of severity is often at the discretion of the
administrator* tasked to reprimand the student, said School Committee
Chairperson Scott Harrison.
Policies against threats and guns have been implemented in the district for
decades, he said. The School Committee has made no recent revisions to the
policy. Though the handbook explicitly lists toy weapons as items banned
from school grounds, *there is no clause that specifically addresses
imaginary weapons*.
In the report provided by Brian Taylor, Collins writes *two girls came to
him saying that Nickolas cut the lunch line and, when confronted, pointed
the imaginary gun at them while mouthing the shooting sounds*.
In an interview with the Daily News, Nickolas said he was standing behind
the girls and was shooting his imaginary gun in no particular direction.
Nickolas has no history of discipline outside detentions for incomplete
school work, said Brian Taylor.
*Nickolas has been diagnosed with ADHD and sometimes is disciplined because
he is hyperactive and fails to focus*, Brian Taylor said. “He's confused as
to why he got suspended,” said Brian Taylor. “He doesn’t realize he did
something wrong.”
On Monday, Taylor said he had a half-hour conversation with Collins but *the
assistant principal did not lift the suspension*. “There’s a complete
disconnect between policy and reality,” said Taylor.
See also:
- Suspension For Student Who Chewed Pop Tart Into Shape Of Gun Should
Be Upheld
<http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2014/07/03/suspension-for-student-who-chewed-pop-tart-into-shape-of-gun-should-be-upheld/>
- Gun gesture leads to suspension for Calvert sixth-grader; county
rethinks weapons policy
<http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2013/09/10/gun-gesture-leads-to-suspension-for-calvert-sixth-grader-county-rethinks-weapons-policy/>
- It’s come to this: child suspended for talking about guns
<http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2013/06/06/its-come-to-this-child-suspended-for-talking-about-guns/>
- 5-year-old Interrogated By School Over Toy Cap Gun Until He Wet
Himself With Fear
<http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2013/06/01/5-year-old-interrogated-by-school-over-toy-cap-gun-until-he-wet-himself-with-fear/>
DCG
*DCG <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/author/dcgere/>* | November 20, 2014
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