I read the ruling and still can’t agree. this whole thing would not have happened had the child had a different type of parenting. The child did not inform his parents or siblings that he had a half-day, even though he had done the same thing the day before. And if the child was not permitted to walk home by himself, and had done so the day before, why didn’t the parents/sibling remind the school of that problem? More to the point, the child, knowing he was not supposed to walk home by himself, took it upon himself to take a long way home for entertainment…..as I see it, you can’t make the child be responsible but if a parent knows their child does things like this, why should the school be punished for what seems to be to be a lack of discipline from both the child and the parent? It was the child’s and parent’s lack of responsibility which created the peril, not the school….the school can only act, when it is notified that is should!!!
All of you parents out there that would rely on a NINE YEAR OLD to tell you their schedule – report early dismissals – vacation time – holidays etc Raise Your Hands…. Oh yeah, and tell you the night before that they have a 5 page book report due the next day and havent even read the book…
Exactly – Give me a break – any “normal” or halfway intellegent person would take it upon themselves to become involved in their children’s school including activities – schedules – etc. The father was obviously not a “first timer” if he had two other boys that were older and who obviously were put “in charge” of minding their brother –
The father seems to be the guilty party here – not the school district – It seems like they’ve done everything they could to make certain the parents were notified of the schools schedule –
The parents couldn’t have been that oblivious to think that there weren’t scheduled days off – especially at the end of the year – It’s a given!!!
I know I personally have signed similar handbook confirmation documents through my son’s entire elementary – and including his high school years – He’s 18 and a senior and I still have to sign!
Tragic end for a life so young – but there has to be some personal responsibility taken by the parents of this child – Not lay it off on someone because they screwed up…
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I wonder if the brother’s school was let out early as well…that would be interesting to know.
I too believe that the parent(s) bear far more responsiblity for the safety of their children than a school district.
Read this & draw your own conclusions.
http://www.njsba.org/legal_02/jerkins-versus-anderson.pdf
I read the ruling and still can’t agree. this whole thing would not have happened had the child had a different type of parenting. The child did not inform his parents or siblings that he had a half-day, even though he had done the same thing the day before. And if the child was not permitted to walk home by himself, and had done so the day before, why didn’t the parents/sibling remind the school of that problem? More to the point, the child, knowing he was not supposed to walk home by himself, took it upon himself to take a long way home for entertainment…..as I see it, you can’t make the child be responsible but if a parent knows their child does things like this, why should the school be punished for what seems to be to be a lack of discipline from both the child and the parent? It was the child’s and parent’s lack of responsibility which created the peril, not the school….the school can only act, when it is notified that is should!!!
All of you parents out there that would rely on a NINE YEAR OLD to tell you their schedule – report early dismissals – vacation time – holidays etc Raise Your Hands…. Oh yeah, and tell you the night before that they have a 5 page book report due the next day and havent even read the book…
Exactly – Give me a break – any “normal” or halfway intellegent person would take it upon themselves to become involved in their children’s school including activities – schedules – etc. The father was obviously not a “first timer” if he had two other boys that were older and who obviously were put “in charge” of minding their brother –
The father seems to be the guilty party here – not the school district – It seems like they’ve done everything they could to make certain the parents were notified of the schools schedule –
The parents couldn’t have been that oblivious to think that there weren’t scheduled days off – especially at the end of the year – It’s a given!!!
I know I personally have signed similar handbook confirmation documents through my son’s entire elementary – and including his high school years – He’s 18 and a senior and I still have to sign!
Tragic end for a life so young – but there has to be some personal responsibility taken by the parents of this child – Not lay it off on someone because they screwed up…