Teens Suspended For Skipping Gym ClassPOSTED: 10:43 am EDT April 23, 2008
UPDATED: 4:57 pm EDT April 23, 2008
Two high school seniors in Scranton, Pa., are paying a high price for their interest in politics.
Colin Saltry and Joey Daniel said they skipped gym class on Monday to rush over to a diner where Sen. Barack Obama's motorcade had just pulled in for an impromptu breakfast stop.
The two met Obama, and they say he even signed excuse slips for them to show their teachers.
That didn't work. Saltry and Daniel got one-day suspensions for leaving school grounds, and Saltry has been ordered to resign as senior class president. Saltry said it was worth being suspended to meet Obama, but he didn't expect to be bounced from his class presidency.Assistant Superintendent William King said the rules are clear, and adds that if the students had approached a teacher about wanting to leave campus, they probably would have been given permission.
http://www.newsnet5.com/education/15966700/detail.htmlThis is insane, no matter which candidate these kids were interested in seeing. People complain about kids not being interested in politics....wonder why? It sounds to me like the kids didn't have the time to ask a teacher to leave....to be told it would "probably" be okay.
We should email "Assistant Superintendent William King" in regards to the harsh punishment these kids got for missing gym class. It's pathetic....whether it was to see Obama or Hillary. Can anyone find email addresses for either the Superintendent or Assistant Super?