Kick A Jew Day
Ten North Naples Middle School students were suspended last week after district officials said they circulated an e-mail to classmates about kicking Jewish people.
The e-mail was circulated the evening of Wednesday, Nov. 18. It came to the attention of school officials later that week. The e-mail told students that if they saw a Jewish person on Thursday, they should kick them.
District spokesman Joe Landon said the 10 students received one day in-school suspensions, which were served on Friday. He said the parents of each student were also contacted and parent conferences were conducted.
Landon said until further notice, the school will focus the first 20 minutes of each day on character traits, beginning with respect and kindness. Homeroom teachers will speak with the students about these traits and will focus on bullying prevention, he said. Videos on the topic will be sought out and used as part of the training, he said
I bring this to your attention because there was a similar thing going on in California recently. There is was Beat Up A Jew Day.
- Aggie
DavidD said,
November 23, 2009 @ 9:43 pm
Wow, a public school teaching positive character traits. What’s next–allowing prayer?
Hall Monitor said,
November 24, 2009 @ 9:44 am
This story made http://detentionslip.org ! Check it out for all the crazy headlines from our schools.