Third-Grade Boy Suspended After He Pretends To Shoot Student With Imaginary Bow And Arrow…
More “zero tolerance” lunacy.
CINCINNATI —A first-grader at Our Lady of Lourdes is serving a three-day suspension for pretending to shoot another student with a bow and arrow.
The boy’s parents, Matthew and Martha Miele, told WLWT their son was playing a game of Power Rangers at recess on Thursday when it happened.
“I think he’s a good principal. I just think a bad decision was made,” Matthew Miele said.
Martha Miele said she was called Thursday afternoon while at work by Principal Joe Crachiolo.
“I didn’t really understand. I had him on the phone for a good amount of time so he could really explain to me what he was trying to tell me,” Martha Miele said. “My question to him was ‘Is this really necessary? Does this really need to be a three-day suspension under the circumstances that he was playing and he’s 6 years old?'”
The Mieles sent Crachiolo an email Thursday evening and met with him Friday morning asking him to reconsider.
“He told me that he was going to stand firm and that he was not going to change it,” Martha Miele said.
On Friday, Crachiolo sent a letter home to parents stating in part,
“I have no tolerance for any real, pretend, or imitated violence. The punishment is an out of school suspension.
More “zero tolerance” lunacy.
CINCINNATI —A first-grader at Our Lady of Lourdes is serving a three-day suspension for pretending to shoot another student with a bow and arrow.
The boy’s parents, Matthew and Martha Miele, told WLWT their son was playing a game of Power Rangers at recess on Thursday when it happened.
“I think he’s a good principal. I just think a bad decision was made,” Matthew Miele said.
Martha Miele said she was called Thursday afternoon while at work by Principal Joe Crachiolo.
“I didn’t really understand. I had him on the phone for a good amount of time so he could really explain to me what he was trying to tell me,” Martha Miele said. “My question to him was ‘Is this really necessary? Does this really need to be a three-day suspension under the circumstances that he was playing and he’s 6 years old?'”
The Mieles sent Crachiolo an email Thursday evening and met with him Friday morning asking him to reconsider.
“He told me that he was going to stand firm and that he was not going to change it,” Martha Miele said.
On Friday, Crachiolo sent a letter home to parents stating in part,
“I have no tolerance for any real, pretend, or imitated violence. The punishment is an out of school suspension.
