The mother of a 6-year-old with Down syndrome says the Tredyffrin-Easttown School District mishandled an incident involving her daughter after she pretended to shoot her teacher with her finger. Maggie Gaines says 6-year-old Margot, a student at Valley Forge Elementary School, now has a police report on file.
In November, Margot became frustrated and made a gesture that sparked a disciplinary investigation.
The Tredyffrin-Easttown School District calls it a threat assessment.
It was concluded nobody was in harm’s way as a result of Margot’s statement and her words were labeled a transient threat, which Gaines explains was an expression of anger.
However, the district said its policy still called for the police to be contacted.
“They get this phone call and I was fine with everything up until calling the police,” Gaines said. “And I said, ‘You absolutely do not have to call the police. You know, this is ridiculous.’”
Even though police sources confirm it is a confidential record, Gaines fears potential ramifications for her daughter.
“My daughter got frustrated and pointed her finger at her teacher and said, ‘I shoot you,’” Gaines said. “At that point, they went to the principal’s office and it was quickly assessed that she didn’t even really know what she was saying.”
ht/ fdr in hell
And they have the audacity to label her as developmentally disabled? Liberalism needs to go away.
Common sense is dead at Tredyffrin-Easttown School District. That finger was not loaded and no one was injured. How stupid to call the police!
The child is fortunate the principal didn’t cut off her finger as a safety precaution for the school.
And God forbid if that little girl had carved a gun out of a Poptart.
If We’ve learned anything from Their infatuation with Greta, They
take the actions of a Mentally disabled Child quite seriously…
The little girl with Down’s Syndrome is still smarter than Greta will ever hope to be. And far less of a burden on society.
Another reason for Charter Schools.
Imagine the poor Cop that has to respond to something this inane!
Stop involving the police in EVERY petty issue!
Resolve it yourselves dummies!
And training kids that every offence is to be delt with max payback and fear using the law when it suits them. Get your kids out of government schools before it ruins them.
“Pennsylvania”
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Yet, when a liberal ‘adult’ makes threats or condescending innuendos…..crickets.
Why is a child with Down’s Syndrome who doesn’t understand what “I shoot you” means doing in a regular elementary school?
Why are people licensed as teachers entrusted with this child if they don’t understand how to manage her properly (let alone know that children under age 7 cannot commit a criminal act?)
And wth is with the mother, making a freak-out (omg, her “record”, she might not get into Harvard) over this.
There are a lot of issues here.
Fire everyone involved and pay a large cash settlement to the girls family.
Did the police search for the drugs the teachers are selling or the child rapes they are committing. Close the government schools