Shelby Sendelbach, a sixth-grader in the Katy Independent School District, was read her rights, ticketed and punished with a mandatory four-month assignment to an alternative school because she wrote "I love Alex" on a gymnasium wall with a baby blue Sharpie.
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Good news, they reversed the decision. (http://www.katycitizens.org/index_files/Page3475.htm) But reading this article.... this isn't the first one! Looks like 8 students have had similar problems! It sure took a while for the school to learn that lesson.
When I was in 6th grade (45 years ago) I got a swat across my fanny from the principal and was made to clean the wall. No one else was involved, not even my parents unless I told them, which I wouldn't unless I really wanted trouble. My peers took note of my experience and altered their ambitions accordingly. Looks like 8 other students avoided my fate. What a difference a few decades can make.
The source article has vanished, alas.
Here are a few links to the story (found in Google by searching for the girl's name, these are from the first page):
- http://rhymeswithright.mu.nu/archives/232792.php
- http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/4980015.html
- http://www.townhall.com/news/us/2007/07/07/school_graffiti_nets_4-month_suspension
- http://blogs.chron.com/insidekaty/archives/schools/
- http://www.hcnonline.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18611674&BRD=1574&PAG=461&dept_id=532254&rfi=6
- http://www.politicalgateway.com/news/read/89400
- http://www.marclamonthill.com/mlhblog/?p=3451
- http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=12445
- http://asumag.com/dailynews/ilovealex/
- http://www.katycitizens.org/