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FCPS says teacher can't force pupil to stand for pledge
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FCPS NEWS..
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Date: December 12, 2017 04:43PM
ENTREVILLE, VA. (AP) - Officials with a Virginia school district say a teacher who allegedly disciplined a high school student for refusing to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance will not be returning to the classroom.
The superintendent for Fairfax County schools says the Centreville High School teacher breached system rules in ordering 15-year-old Eric Trammel out the classroom for not standing for the pledge last month.
The Washington Post reports that an attorney for teacher Richard Ferrick said in an email that the allegations against his client are without merit.
According to district policy, Fairfax County school employees are prohibited from disciplining students who do not participate in the pledge.
Trammel says he hasn't stood for the pledge since encountering the Black Lives Matter movement on Twitter during the eighth grade.
From Superintendent Brabrand:
The incident at Centreville High School is unacceptable behavior by a classroom instructor and directly violates an existing and long-standing FCPS policy (Policy 1352). Following a thorough investigation by my office, the teacher in question will not be returning to an FCPS school. FCPS has apologized to the student and the student’s family for the incident.
The policy is very clear. It states, in part, “…no student shall be subjected to unfavorable comment or stigmatization of his or her decision to participate or abstain from the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance. Nonparticipating students are expected to sit quietly, or to stand silently if they want, during the Pledge and to engage in no disrupting or distracting activity. No disciplinary sanction may be imposed for refusal to participate in saying the Pledge; however, willful disruption or interference with the exercise of pledging allegiance by others may result in the same disciplinary measures accorded to other instances of classroom disruption in school.”
At my direction, a reminder of this policy was sent earlier this school year to all principals and a reminder of the policy was sent to all FCPS staff earlier this week. For your awareness, we have had instances in which other students in other schools have chosen not to participate in the Pledge and, in each case, the classroom teacher and school administration have followed the policy and responded in an appropriate man
The superintendent for Fairfax County schools says the Centreville High School teacher breached system rules in ordering 15-year-old Eric Trammel out the classroom for not standing for the pledge last month.
The Washington Post reports that an attorney for teacher Richard Ferrick said in an email that the allegations against his client are without merit.
According to district policy, Fairfax County school employees are prohibited from disciplining students who do not participate in the pledge.
Trammel says he hasn't stood for the pledge since encountering the Black Lives Matter movement on Twitter during the eighth grade.
From Superintendent Brabrand:
The incident at Centreville High School is unacceptable behavior by a classroom instructor and directly violates an existing and long-standing FCPS policy (Policy 1352). Following a thorough investigation by my office, the teacher in question will not be returning to an FCPS school. FCPS has apologized to the student and the student’s family for the incident.
The policy is very clear. It states, in part, “…no student shall be subjected to unfavorable comment or stigmatization of his or her decision to participate or abstain from the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance. Nonparticipating students are expected to sit quietly, or to stand silently if they want, during the Pledge and to engage in no disrupting or distracting activity. No disciplinary sanction may be imposed for refusal to participate in saying the Pledge; however, willful disruption or interference with the exercise of pledging allegiance by others may result in the same disciplinary measures accorded to other instances of classroom disruption in school.”
At my direction, a reminder of this policy was sent earlier this school year to all principals and a reminder of the policy was sent to all FCPS staff earlier this week. For your awareness, we have had instances in which other students in other schools have chosen not to participate in the Pledge and, in each case, the classroom teacher and school administration have followed the policy and responded in an appropriate man
Re: FCPS says teacher can't force pupil to stand for pledge
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ddh4x
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Date: December 12, 2017 05:21PM
This should not be an issue. The Supreme Court said you cannot force a student to participate in the Pledge...back in the 1940s. That was long before the Court was being accused of rampant liberalism or rampant Republican partisanship.
Re: FCPS says teacher can't force pupil to stand for pledge
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You No Likey You Leavey
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Date: December 12, 2017 06:04PM
"The Washington Post reports that an attorney for teacher Richard Ferrick said in an email that the allegations against his client are without merit."
Probably another case of a snotty, entitled brat teenager trying to set up teacher to take a fall.
Kids like this weren't spanked enough by mommy and Daddy when they were little.
Welcome to America's misguided youth.
Takes these little twits to a 3rd world country for a week and they be will nearly worshipping what America has done for them.
Bullshit generation of idiots .. these punk are.
Probably another case of a snotty, entitled brat teenager trying to set up teacher to take a fall.
Kids like this weren't spanked enough by mommy and Daddy when they were little.
Welcome to America's misguided youth.
Takes these little twits to a 3rd world country for a week and they be will nearly worshipping what America has done for them.
Bullshit generation of idiots .. these punk are.
Re: FCPS says teacher can't force pupil to stand for pledge
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blow me
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Date: December 12, 2017 07:15PM
The punk assed bitch should have been slapped into the floor and informed he hadn't earned a right to protest shit....
Re: FCPS says teacher can't force pupil to stand for pledge
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Soletssee
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Date: December 13, 2017 03:03PM
African American teacher lays hands on a student, violates here religious rights, makes news world-wide and he is back in the classroom a week later. White teacher reprimands a student for not citing the pledge and is no longer a teacher with FCPS.
....very interesting to say the least.
....very interesting to say the least.
Re: FCPS says teacher can't force pupil to stand for pledge
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Reprimand???
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Date: December 13, 2017 03:57PM
Reprimand? The teacher did not reprimand the student. The teacher assaulted the student by pulling him out of his chair by the arm and then forcing him out of the classroom.
If you want to make a valid argument, at least be honest with the facts!
If you want to make a valid argument, at least be honest with the facts!
Re: FCPS says teacher can't force pupil to stand for pledge
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Soletssee
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Date: December 13, 2017 05:09PM
is that you mr. saunders or R Chace Ramey from FCPS HR?
Re: FCPS says teacher can't force pupil to stand for pledge
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phelpsmarc
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Date: December 13, 2017 05:19PM
Fairfax County Public Schools is run by a bunch of leftists
That said, we didn't say the Pledge of Allegiance past Elementary School
That said, we didn't say the Pledge of Allegiance past Elementary School
Re: FCPS says teacher can't force pupil to stand for pledge
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Getitstraight
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Date: December 13, 2017 09:15PM
The Lake Braddock hijab incident wasn’t this at all. This girl is a sexualized disgrace to her supposed religion. She was horrified because her dirty hair was exposed maybe but this was not worth a second mention. This girl is a hot mess.
As for the failure to stand for the pledge, those who have the right to object should have a reason. A kid has no reason not right. Get up, ASS.
As for the failure to stand for the pledge, those who have the right to object should have a reason. A kid has no reason not right. Get up, ASS.
Re: FCPS says teacher can't force pupil to stand for pledge
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huehm
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Date: December 14, 2017 02:31AM
yea, as reported by the washington post full of illegal aliens we should be suing
according to teachers i learned from: they could force you
according to law, sedition is a crime
according the citizenship, if you renounce your citizen ship YOU MUST LEAVE THE COUNTRY or be jail for being a fraud
Re: FCPS says teacher can't force pupil to stand for pledge
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Real American1
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Date: December 14, 2017 10:05AM
The teacher is an anti-American rightard. He needs jail time and a felony conviction. He can now work at burger king.