Cleveland-area high school senior, Austin Fisher, isn't being permitted to walk with his graduating class due to too many absences - which turn out to be days he spent caring for his cancer-stricken mother.
Are school administrators these days completely relieved of the responsibility of using personal judgment in cases like this?
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Yep. Easier for a school district to hide behind a zero tolerance structure than make individual decisions. Harder for a lawyer to win in court if you make no exceptions or decisions.
ReplyDeleteHumanity has been legislated and litigated into insignificance.
ReplyDeleteGuidelines are guidelines Mr. Paco.
ReplyDeleteIf his fellow students support him by also not walking, it will be marked on their permanent records and they will not be eligible for government employment.
Gotta love zero-tolerance bureaucrats.
ReplyDeleteJeffS got it exactly right.
As a recovering teacher I can tell you the prevailing attitude was "any decision you don't have to make is a good one...."
ReplyDeleteBut it's all for our own good, you know.
ReplyDeleteA better world awaits.
From those with liberal traits.
Although I regard most online petitions as a way to get your info for spamming, I signed this one, just because. It helps that I have an email address set up for junk.
ReplyDeleteDeborah Leigh said...What would happen if Austin walked? End of the world as we know it? It would be great if the senior class let it be known that they wouldn't walk if Austin doesn't.
ReplyDeleteThat being said, I wonder if there isn't something more to this story? He is a varsity baseball player, which means alot of practice. Also, states usually provide some assistance. Doesn't Austin and his mother have family and friends? Church?
There is "Make A Wish Foundation" for kids, what about adults?
Best wishes and prayers for Austin and his mother!