Given the reader email I receive, I believe that there are plenty of parents out there who, given the chance, would like to slam a pesky educrat or two up against a wall.
However, doing so in the name of anti-bullying is a bit, well, paradoxical:
A woman has been charged with slamming into an assistant principal at a middle school open house, the third time in several years that a mother has been accused of assaulting Anchorage School District staff.
Deborah Meister, 46, is charged with misdemeanor assault for the incident Tuesday night at Central Middle School. Police said she apparently was upset about the school's anti-bullying policies...
The assault took place in the school multipurpose room, where parents had gathered to hear from principal Johanna Naylor before meeting their children's teachers. After Naylor spoke, assistant principal Mario Toro talked about behavioral and attendance guidelines, said district spokesman Roger Fiedler.
Toro reminded parents that policy handbooks were sent home with students. He mentioned that all Central students go through anti-harrassment and anti-bullying talks.
Parents were told they were free to meet with their children's teachers and Naylor spotted Meister in the back of the room waving her arms. Naylor motioned her forward, Fiedler said.
"As the woman came up, she was saying something to the effect of, 'Why didn't you talk more about anti-bullying at the school?'" Fiedler said.
Police said that Toro stepped in front of Naylor as Meister approached. Meister then said, "So what would you do if I did this?" and slammed into Toro, police said. "It was her full body hitting hard against his chest and shoulders," Fiedler said. "It was very sudden."
What, is she the parent of a bully who wants her child to have more opportunities to show off his technique? Sheesh.
Posted by kswygert at September 20, 2004 01:46 PM