Keeping Children in Suspense 0
I don’t remember anyone having been suspended when I was in school, and certainly not in elementary school. One fellow came close in high school: He grew his hair out into a “Beatles haircut,” which was quite scandalous at the time. When the principal told him cut his hair, he shaved his head. He was forced to wear a toboggan cap until his hair grew out . . . .
From the Roanoke Times (more at the link):
Among the findings in the Legal Aid Justice Center’s report, “Suspended Progress”:
- One-fifth of all suspensions in the state went to students in pre-kindergarten through fifth grade;
- Nonviolent offenses like “disruption,” “defiance” and “disrespect” accounted for the majority of suspensions;
- Black students and those with disabilities were suspended disproportionately to their peers.
Looks to me as if they are suspending kids for being uppity. Now, we can’t have any uppity, now, can we, not here in the South?
Perhaps this might have something to do with it.
