The parent of a West Boylston High School student took to social media with allegations that her son was suspended for helping a special needs student who had pissed his pants. What do you think happened?

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Like, a BILLION people messaged Turtleboy about this Facebook post from an angry West Boylston High School parent who is none too pleased with discipline that was meted out to her son Jake:

Alright first of all, there’s two sides to every story. As shitty as this sounds, parents are naturally pretty biased towards their kids. We’re also basing this on the word of a student, whom we’ve never met, so I can’t say whether or not this story is 100% factual.

But given what we’ve seen from high school principals in the past, this wouldn’t surprise me in the least bit if it were true. It’s such a town move too. This wouldn’t happen at North High School because they’re too busy trying to keep 20 year old sophomores from beating the shit out of vice principals. But I would assume at West Boylston High School leaving gym class without permission is as big a deal as they come by.

Honestly, it sounds like a misunderstanding that reasonable people can sit down and figure out without getting lawyers involved. If the kid really did help a special needs kid who pissed his pants clean himself up, and if he really did bring the kids to the nurse after they injured themselves, then it’s a pretty open and shut case. Obviously he should not have been suspended. And all you have to do is sit down, and in a respectful manner, tell the principal what happened. I don’t know the principal at WBHS so I can’t say whether or not they are a moron. But if the kid explained this story to him, and he still went through with a suspension, then yes, obviously he would be a moron.

I was fired up and wanted to call out the principals when I first read it, but there’s just a lot of things that don’t add up. First of all, Mom says that when she spoke with the principal they “knew nothing of the wetting incident and nothing of the visit to the nurse.” But how can that be? Jake didn’t explain his side of the story when he was called down to the office? This would be FIRST thing an innocent person would say when they were asked to explain themselves.

The mother also insinuates that Jake only got into trouble AFTER he brought the two students to the nurse’s office. So how is it possible that the principals, “knew nothing of the visit to the nurse”? According to the story it sounds like the nurse is the one who reported him for coming to her office without a pass. So how can the principal know nothing about the visit to the nurse?

Here’s another question – who wrote this kid up? It had to be either the nurse or the gym teacher right? If it was the nurse, then we’ve established that the story doesn’t add up. But if it was the gym teacher then it sounds like a misunderstanding. If indeed it was the gym teacher who wrote him up, all that had to be done was having the kid explain what happened. If he’s not a constant behavior problem, and hadn’t done stuff like this before, any reasonable teacher would agree to drop it.

And why didn’t the kid just tell the gym teacher, “Hey, this kid pissed himself, are you gonna clean him up or do I have to?” 

Look, like it or not we are living in the age of school shootings, lockdown drills, and child molesters. Schools aren’t in a position where they can be fucking around and having three kids, two of which are special needs, leaving class without telling an adult. I agree that if what the kid says is true, it shouldn’t be a big deal, and all this can be fixed with the snap of a finger. But at the same time, it all could’ve been avoided if protocol had just been followed.

Here’s another comment that made Turtleboy scratch his head:

He’s no stranger to “frivolous” suspensions. See, we’re leaving in the era of Chapter 222, where schools aren’t allowed to suspend kids anymore because they know they’ll get sued. So pardon me if I have a hard time believing that all of Jake’s suspensions are frivolous. Kids don’t get suspended merely for “talking in class” or “expressing frustration with school work.”

“Miss Turtleboy, I don’t understand how to solve this equation.”

“FIVE DAYS SUSPENSION!!!”

Yea, something doesn’t add up there. “Expressing frustration” is a pretty vague term that can mean a variety of things, as can “talking in class.” For all we know this could mean that the kid was goofing off, talking with friends, and disrupting class. He could’ve been talking back to the teacher when redirected and complaining that the work was too hard in order to avoid taking responsibility for it. He could’ve been a constant behavior problem. Who knows?

The bottom line is that Mom is also only getting her kid’s version of the story, and most kids will tell their parents anything that keeps them out of trouble. It could all be true, but I’m not gonna pass any judgement on this until I hear the other side of the story. Feel free to speculate on your own in the comments though!!!

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