Teens to appeal punishment in Va. school vandalism
Courtesy of NBC Washington
Courtesy of NBC Washington
Published: October 28, 2009
MANASSAS, Va. (AP) — Four Virginia students accused of arranging pieces of sod into racist symbols will appeal their school district’s punishment at a disciplinary hearing.
Six Stonewall Jackson High School Students were suspended for using the sod to form a swastika and spell out “KKK” in a parking lot at Sinclair Elementary School in August. Prince William County Police say four students were charged with vandalism.
School board members will decide Wednesday whether to follow a recommendation that the students be expelled for the rest of the year.
Rae Roach, mother of two of the students, calls the punishment “unjust.“ She says her sons and the other teens had completed a court-ordered program that included community service and visiting the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.
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id, I totally agree with you. To add to that, I don’t believe these kids brought their own sod. If I’m not mistaken, they ripped it up from the school as well.
What a shame these students even thought it was okay to disparage an entire group of citizens and the mother calls it a prank. Our schools need to be a safe haven for learning. There should be no place for the bullying of anyone. Parents should be held accountable for their student’s behavior and if the student does the crime, then they need to do the time. Mom needs to find another place of learning for her student and try to teach him/her better social skills. It’s a big world and we all need to find a way to live in it together, respectfully.
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