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250 Students Suspended Over Homework Assignment
Officials Say More Students Could Be Suspended Tuesday
LANCASTER, Texas -- Nearly 250 Lancaster High School students were suspended for not completing a homework assignment during their winter vacation.
On Tuesday, the suspended students could be joined by hundreds of others in the district, including some kindergartners.
Lancaster's superintendent said he does not care how the public receives the suspensions. His district is underachieving academically, and if adding a punitive component to homework helps, he said it is a program possibly worth expanding.
Between 700 and 1,000 students district-wide did not finish their vacation projects, officials said. On Tuesday, the district will begin suspending students as young as 5 years old until they finish their projects.
District leaders said they have received fewer than six complaints about the suspensions.
http://www.nbc5i.com/education/5963817/detail.html
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[font=verdana, arial, helvetica]I think it's fantastic! BRAVO to that superintendent!
It just goes to show you how UNinvolved their parents are in their children's education. If inconveniencing parents is the way to motivate them into action... so be it![/font]
Officials Say More Students Could Be Suspended Tuesday
LANCASTER, Texas -- Nearly 250 Lancaster High School students were suspended for not completing a homework assignment during their winter vacation.
On Tuesday, the suspended students could be joined by hundreds of others in the district, including some kindergartners.
Lancaster's superintendent said he does not care how the public receives the suspensions. His district is underachieving academically, and if adding a punitive component to homework helps, he said it is a program possibly worth expanding.
Between 700 and 1,000 students district-wide did not finish their vacation projects, officials said. On Tuesday, the district will begin suspending students as young as 5 years old until they finish their projects.
District leaders said they have received fewer than six complaints about the suspensions.
http://www.nbc5i.com/education/5963817/detail.html
:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:
[font=verdana, arial, helvetica]I think it's fantastic! BRAVO to that superintendent!
It just goes to show you how UNinvolved their parents are in their children's education. If inconveniencing parents is the way to motivate them into action... so be it![/font]