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numSlides of totalImages A Taunton father is furious his eight-year-old son was sent home from school and required to undergo a psychological evaluation after he drew a stick-figure picture of Jesus Christ on the cross.
The father, who wants his name withheld to protect his son, told the Taunton Gazette he got a call earlier this month from the Maxham Elementary School.
They told him his son, a second-grader with special needs, had created a violent drawing.
It started when his teacher asked the class to sketch something that reminded them of Christmas.
The boy drew a crucified Jesus with X's covering his eyes to signify that he had died on the cross.
So where's the link to Christmas?
The boy drew the picture shortly after taking a trip with his family to see the Christmas display at the La Salette Shrine, a Christian retreat in Attleboro.
Maxham School principal Rebecca Couet would not comment. She referred all questions to the superintendent's office.
Superintendent Julie Hackett told the paper district policy prevents her from discussing a "confidential matter regarding a student."
The father says his son has no history of trouble or violence and is now traumatized. He wants him transferred to another elementary school in the district.
"I find the decision very disappointing," school committee member Christine Fagan told WBZ Radio Tuesday.
"But I think there's so much pressure now on people to look for all kinds of things. I think that's what generates these types of responses."
"Because someone makes a decision like that, that's not representative of the whole community," Fagan added.
"I think we really need to be careful about how far we want to take this idea of political correctness."
