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To: LindyBill who wrote (150409)	12/10/2005 6:25:29 AM
From: Bill Ulrich	Respond to of 793955

Sending conflicting messages like that to the kid is not good for development. For example, The Kansas State Board of Education set guidelines for high school students to have passed a foreign language before they can graduate from high school. The school in question, Endeavor, indeed has Spanish and French classes in its curriculum and requires one or the other for graduation. So the kid gets busted for speaking (at recess, not disrupting a classroom), even though the Principal acknowledges he did nothing wrong with regards to 'school policy'. In so many words, that is to say, just 'her' policy. It provides a terrible message to the kid about the value of rules and authority.

To: LindyBill who wrote (150409)	12/10/2005 6:44:00 AM
From: JDN	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793955

That is the most incredible asinine thing I have read regarding school discipline. Heck, here in S. Fla. its REQUIRED BY LAW you be bilingual in Dade County and today even as far north as Palm Beach County Spanish is pretty widespread. Personally, I consider it bad manners to speak a foreign language around people who dont understand it, but this incident doesnt sound to me like it was like that at all and in any case no ground for suspension. If they sue that school board I bet they win. jdn