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4 -year-old Accused of Improperly Touching Teacher
A four-year-old hugged his teachers aide and was put into in-school suspension, according to the father. But La Vega school administrators have a I'll bet they do. Or if they don't, they're working on it frantically. Damarcus Blackwell's four-year-old son was lining-up to get on the bus after school last month, when he was accused of rubbing his face in the chest of a female employee. I can relate to this. The prinicipal of La Vega Primary School sent a letter to the Blackwells that said the pre-kindergartener demonstrated "inappropriate physical behavior interpreted as sexual contact and/or sexual harassment." Makes sense to the principal. Only the principal. And maybe other highly trained educational professionals who are beholden to him for their jobs. The Thin Blackwell says it's ridiculous that the aide would misread a hug from a four-year-old. Blackwell wrote to administrators demanding that the whole incident be expunged from his son's academic file because his son is too young to know what it means to act sexually. Makes sense to everyone else on the planet. Except highly trained educational professionals at La Vega. David Davis, the executive director of the Advocacy Center in Waco tends Read: I agree. But I have to cover my a$$ here for some stupid reason to agree with Blackwell. He says assuming the boy has not had sexual encounters, or been inappropriately exposed to pornography, most four-year-olds are sexually innocent. Another highly professional statement. Wouldn't have guessed that myself. Thanks for the info. Got any links to the double-blind studies needed to divine that clever conclusion? Blackwell got a response from the La Vega administration. The sexual references on the discipline referral were removed. But the thing that makes Blackwell most upset is they told him "your request for an apology by the aide and removal of all paperwork regarding this incident is denied." Now the young student's file will refer to the incident as "inappropriate physical contact." And Blackwell says he will continue to fight the district. Looks like La Vega officials know they're wrong, but are immature and it shows in needing to hold onto some manufactured thread of validation with the inappropriate physical contact line. Well, it's a start. La Vega I.S.D. administrators told News Channel 25 they couldn't comment on this case because of student privacy issues. How convenient. Otherwise I'm sure they'd love to discuss it. Posted by: gorb 2006-12-09 |
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