... Um. ExCUSE me?

[kyrielle]

A boy was punished for using the word "gay" and explaining that it meant "when a girl likes another girl" to one of his classmates...while discussing the fact that he has two mothers instead of a mother and a father. He was told it was a bad word, sent to a "behavioral clinic", and made to write repeatedly that he would not use the word in school again.

ACLU article.

Actually, they pretty much say it all. That's ridiculous. And wrong.

Comments

Here's the school's phone number...

[davedujour.livejournal.com]

(337) 856-1934, but they seem to have turned off their answering machine.
I think the teacher should go to some counseling herself.

About the spelling, that's pathetic for 2nd grade work. I know my daughter is way ahead of that, but even compared to the other kids work I've seen at her school, that's early first grade work or even some kindergarten work at all the schools Alynna has gone to. That's 4 now in both CA and MN, and her 1st grade class in CA was, overall, below average according to the teacher.

Oh, here's the school district's info:

[davedujour.livejournal.com]

Lafayette Parish School System
113 Chaplin Drive, Lafayette, LA 70508
P. O. Drawer 2158, Lafayette, LA 70502-2158
337-236-6800

Re: Oh, here's the school district's info:

[dormouse-in-tea.livejournal.com]

Thank you, Dave. I'll be using this information.

I am going to be calm and polite. But OH I want to hurt someone. GRRRR.