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Texas School Suspends Student for Answering Call in Class From Dad in Iraq
« on: April 13, 2008, 01:49:08 PM »
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,350988,00.html

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A Texas sergeant and his son recently found themselves separated not only by an eight-hour time difference, several bodies of water, hundreds of miles and a war, but by a high school official who suspended the boy for answering his dad's call during class.

Cove High School in Texas, where half the students have at least one parent deployed, justified the punishment against Brandon Hill by saying he had violated the no-cell-phone policy when he took the call from his father, who is serving in Iraq.

"I have been going through a lot of stress lately and my dad’s like my best friend, so I go to him for everything," the sophomore told FOX News on Saturday.

"I needed to talk to him, so my mom got a hold of him on Yahoo and told him to call me, so I answered the phone call in class."

When he learned of his son’s punishment, Master Sgt. Morris Hill said he was unsettled.

"When my wife told me, I was pretty disturbed by it," he said in a phone call from Iraq.

"I was pretty shocked, considering that several months before we left I had talked to the … assistant principal and thought everything was fine," Morris Hill said.

"Since my kid’s been going to the school we’ve had a pretty good working relationship."

And when his mother, Patricia Hill, tried to contact school officials, she received no response until her son’s story garnered media attention.

The matter has since been resolved, Patricia Hill said, but she added that more must be done to protect children around the country from being punished in similar circumstances.

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Re: Texas School Suspends Student for Answering Call in Class From Dad in Iraq
« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2008, 02:47:59 PM »
Oh for **** sakes! And in Texas no less! The right thing for the teacher to have done was let him go out in the hall so he could talk to his dad privately. It's not like he was calling from his job at the Bank of America down the road and would see him later at dinner. The fact that the parents (who pick up the tab for the salaries) are ignored until they get some negative attention says all you need to know about the education system in America.

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Re: Texas School Suspends Student for Answering Call in Class From Dad in Iraq
« Reply #2 on: April 13, 2008, 06:53:46 PM »
Isn't Technology is wonderful?  The boy/dad's separation is an unfortunate situation, but "no cell phones" is a necessary rule.  Cell phone calls have no place in the classroom. 

The mother could have been a bit more proactive in this by alerting the school of the pending phone call in advance.  Even if the school balked, she would still have that much on her side.
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Re: Texas School Suspends Student for Answering Call in Class From Dad in Iraq
« Reply #3 on: April 13, 2008, 07:13:09 PM »
Quote from: Lord Undies on April 13, 2008, 06:53:46 PM
Isn't Technology is wonderful?  The boy/dad's separation is an unfortunate situation, but "no cell phones" is a necessary rule.  Cell phone calls have no place in the classroom. 

The mother could have been a bit more proactive in this by alerting the school of the pending phone call in advance.  Even if the school balked, she would still have that much on her side.

Agreed Undies.  She should have alerted the school that he was going to call. 
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Re: Texas School Suspends Student for Answering Call in Class From Dad in Iraq
« Reply #4 on: April 14, 2008, 07:59:02 AM »
Quote from: Miss Mia on April 13, 2008, 07:13:09 PM
Quote from: Lord Undies on April 13, 2008, 06:53:46 PM
Isn't Technology is wonderful?  The boy/dad's separation is an unfortunate situation, but "no cell phones" is a necessary rule.  Cell phone calls have no place in the classroom. 

The mother could have been a bit more proactive in this by alerting the school of the pending phone call in advance.  Even if the school balked, she would still have that much on her side.

Agreed Undies.  She should have alerted the school that he was going to call. 
...or maybe Dad could do the math and call after school.
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Re: Texas School Suspends Student for Answering Call in Class From Dad in Iraq
« Reply #5 on: April 14, 2008, 08:04:31 AM »
Quote from: lug-nut on April 14, 2008, 07:59:02 AM
Quote from: Miss Mia on April 13, 2008, 07:13:09 PM
Quote from: Lord Undies on April 13, 2008, 06:53:46 PM
Isn't Technology is wonderful?  The boy/dad's separation is an unfortunate situation, but "no cell phones" is a necessary rule.  Cell phone calls have no place in the classroom. 

The mother could have been a bit more proactive in this by alerting the school of the pending phone call in advance.  Even if the school balked, she would still have that much on her side.

Agreed Undies.  She should have alerted the school that he was going to call. 
...or maybe Dad could do the math and call after school.


Iraq is 8 hours ahead.  Yes, he could have found a better time, but his schedule might not have allowed it.
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Re: Texas School Suspends Student for Answering Call in Class From Dad in Iraq
« Reply #6 on: April 14, 2008, 08:08:55 AM »
The school could have handled this much better. The kid could have asked to go to guidance, or wherever, and take the call there rather than in the classroom.
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Re: Texas School Suspends Student for Answering Call in Class From Dad in Iraq
« Reply #7 on: April 14, 2008, 09:11:09 AM »
I have nothing to add, but I am sorry you lost your mother, Vivismom.  :bawl:
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