While your faithful blogger is digging up posts from the past, concerning public schools, here is another oldie but goodie. This one is about textbook rentals.
Textbook Rentals. That's what someone from the superintendent's office
at Vermillion, USD 380, in Kansas told yours truly about the unlawful
tuition that Dean Dalinghaus, the principal of Frankfort School, in
Frankfort, Kansas, charges the parents of the unlucky children who
attend his institution. According to federal law, there is no such thing
as a "textbook rental" in a public school for a required course. If a
student loses or destroys a textbook, it is, of course, another matter;
but Frankfort has no legal business charging any parent 50.00 for its
moth eaten, outdated, information-challenged tomes that are seldom even
read by students.
Prior to paying for a "textbook rental", each parent should inspect the
property for which the unlawful tuition is purported to pay. Is the
textbook torn up or missing pages? Was it published in 1953? Was it
written and compiled by authors whose contributions to the subject
matter have been superseded by better authorities? If so, the school
should not charge, in the name of state and federal government, for the
use of the published material.
The savvy parent should also call the publishing company used by the
school and inquire about the actual prices paid by the school for these
textbooks. Have the books already been paid off, many times over, by
parents who have paid "textbook rentals"? If so, it is very
inappropriate and legally questionable, even in cases wherein such a fee
is legal, to force a parent to pay for such a thing. How much would the
publishing company charge a parent for a new or used textbook?
Shouldn't the parent have this information, up front, before paying
rental fees? One would not rent a car, or a home, without knowing the
actual cost of purchase, so why not find out how much a used book would
cost?
USD 380 and Dean Dalinghaus should stop charging tuition for public
school. If Dalinghaus wishes to charge parents more money than the
actual value of his product, he should attempt to pimp his product in
the private market for childhood education, and find out, there, the
actual value of his services and textbooks.
Here are some words
that appeared on this site a couple of years ago, and as it is almost
time for public schools in Kansas to open their seldom locked, unsecured
doors again, this message is appropriate for parents who do not wish to
pay more than they already pay, via their property taxes and mill
levies, for a substandard product. If your childrens' school is charging
these unlawful enrollment fees, you do not have to pay. Refuse to be
intimidated.
Some of the public schools in
Kansas have taken to the unlawful practice of charging "enrollment
fees". This is against federal law, and every time a case concerning
enrollment fees has gone to court, brought by either the school or
parents, the parents have won because the practice of charging for
public education is unlawful. The American Civil Liberties Union has gotten involved in a few cases involving this issue, as well.
It appears that the (ahem) school, and I use the word "school" very
loosely here, in Frankfort, Kansas is up to their usual unlawful stunts
again in regard to extorting money from parents. The "tuition" charged
this year for each student is $50.00. This does not include activity
fees. There is no information revealing the purpose of the fee, or what
is actually covered by it. Frankfort does, after all, garner state and
federal dollars, in order to pay staff to yak on their cell phones most
of the day, or surf the internet. Why is it all-encompassing to charge
money that is legally not allowed to be charged?
In the past, when yours truly sent children to school in Frankfort, she
refused to pay the "enrollment fees", stating emphatically that her
"fees" were already covered by the mill levy and property taxes she pays
each year. This would naturally bring on threats from the principal,
promising everything from refusal to admit students to crying to a
collection agency. The principal discovered that he cannot refuse to
enroll any student in his district, regardless of fees; and that
legitimate collection agencies are loth to intervene in matters wherein
the so-called obligor owes nothing.
Marshall County, Kentucky; January 24......16 children shot by someone outside the school, 2 of them were killed. Here's a letter written by a child who witnesses the shooting and buried a friend, as a result.
Broward County Florida, February 14.....17 children killed by a former student, who had been expelled because he enjoyed taking guns to school.
Marshall County Kansas, Frankfort, March thru May of 2014......an eighteen year old high school senior who was out of jail on bond and on probation for a previous crime took a gun to school with him. While he was expelled, he was allowed back into the building seven weeks later for commencement, in violations of the Gun Free School Zones Act, which mandates that such a student be barred from entering the building for an entire year. Dean Dalinghaus, the principal, has a habit of rudely accusing anyone who does not want guns inside of Frankfort School of wanting the school to be like "an inner city school"! He then proceeds to all of the other parents and children with derisive comments about the parent who wishes to ban guns from the school. As it happens, Dalinghaus neglected to make the proper reports about the incident in 2014 to the FBI, and had not even told the Kansas Department of Education that an arrest had been made at Frankfort High School involving a student and a gun. That's how well some schools enforce the law.
Textbook Rentals. That's what someone from the superintendent's office at Vermillion, USD 380, in Kansas told yours truly about the unlawful tuition that Dean Dalinghaus, the principal of Frankfort School, in Frankfort, Kansas, charges the parents of the unlucky children who attend his institution. According to federal law, there is no such thing as a "textbook rental" in a public school for a required course. If a student loses or destroys a textbook, it is, of course, another matter; but Frankfort has no legal business charging any parent 50.00 for its moth eaten, outdated, information-challenged tomes that are seldom even read by students.
Prior to paying for a "textbook rental", each parent should inspect the property for which the unlawful tuition is purported to pay. Is the textbook torn up or missing pages? Was it published in 1953? Was it written and compiled by authors whose contributions to the subject matter have been superseded by better authorities? If so, the school should not charge, in the name of state and federal government, for the use of the published material.
The savvy parent should also call the publishing company used by the school and inquire about the actual prices paid by the school for these textbooks. Have the books already been paid off, many times over, by parents who have paid "textbook rentals"? If so, it is very inappropriate and legally questionable, even in cases wherein such a fee is legal, to force a parent to pay for such a thing. How much would the publishing company charge a parent for a new or used textbook? Shouldn't the parent have this information, up front, before paying rental fees? One would not rent a car, or a home, without knowing the actual cost of purchase, so why not find out how much a used book would cost?
USD 380 and Dean Dalinghaus should stop charging tuition for public school. If Dalinghaus wishes to charge parents more money than the actual value of his product, he should attempt to pimp his product in the private market for childhood education, and find out, there, the actual value of his services and textbooks.
Here are some words that appeared on this site a couple of years ago, and as it is almost time for public schools in Kansas to open their seldom locked, unsecured doors again, this message is appropriate for parents who do not wish to pay more than they already pay, via their property taxes and mill levies, for a substandard product. If your childrens' school is charging these unlawful enrollment fees, you do not have to pay. Refuse to be intimidated.
Some of the public schools in
Kansas have taken to the unlawful practice of charging "enrollment
fees". This is against federal law, and every time a case concerning
enrollment fees has gone to court, brought by either the school or
parents, the parents have won because the practice of charging for
public education is unlawful. The American Civil Liberties Union has gotten involved in a few cases involving this issue, as well.
It appears that the (ahem) school, and I use the word "school" very
loosely here, in Frankfort, Kansas is up to their usual unlawful stunts
again in regard to extorting money from parents. The "tuition" charged
this year for each student is $50.00. This does not include activity
fees. There is no information revealing the purpose of the fee, or what
is actually covered by it. Frankfort does, after all, garner state and
federal dollars, in order to pay staff to yak on their cell phones most
of the day, or surf the internet. Why is it all-encompassing to charge
money that is legally not allowed to be charged?
In the past, when yours truly sent children to school in Frankfort, she
refused to pay the "enrollment fees", stating emphatically that her
"fees" were already covered by the mill levy and property taxes she pays
each year. This would naturally bring on threats from the principal,
promising everything from refusal to admit students to crying to a
collection agency. The principal discovered that he cannot refuse to
enroll any student in his district, regardless of fees; and that
legitimate collection agencies are loth to intervene in matters wherein
the so-called obligor owes nothing.
USD 380 Vermillion, which includes two public schools in Northeast Kansas, Frankfort and Centralia, attempted to get voters to vote for a 8.5 million dollar bond for them, this past Monday, August 1. Overwhelmingly, the people voted no; 698 to 263. That included about three fourths of registered voters in both towns. The school board is disappointed and the superintendent thinks that folks do not care about the schools, according to the Marysville Advocate. This is a little unfair; if the school board actually listened to constituents and analyzed data, perhaps such gross comments would not make their way into the newspaper.
The reasons given by the school board for desiring 8.5 million dollars were updates to the buildings, and a new gym at the Centralia locaction. USD 380 straddles three counties, Marshall, Nemaha, and Pottawatomie. Centralia is in Nemaha County. Should those who live in the other two counties see their mill levies and their property taxes increase for a gymnasium that their children will never get to use? Why is a school district with declining enrollment straddling three different counties in the first place?
The other reason given for such a large amount involved security measures. Frankfort and Centralia want keypad locks on their doors, rather than the traditional locks and keys. Not only is this an expensive initial option for a tiny school, it requires upkeep that the school district would not be able to fund, even with the bond. Every time a building with such a lock changes its schedule and itinerary, a technician must visit the building to change the pass-code information. This is at least two hundred dollars per visit, and both schools host sporting events and parent teacher conferences, which would necessitate many visits from a technician. In the case of USD 380, old fashioned locks and keys will still work as desired, if the building is actually locked when not occupied. Another item desired is a metal detector. The problem had by USD 380 concerning guns is mostly in Frankfort, and that involves a failure on the part of school administration to sanction those who bully and bring weapons into the building. If the proper reports are made to the FBI each time a child takes a weapon, drugs, or alcohol to school, even if it is the child or grandchild of someone who donates a lot of money via the booster club; and the child in question is sanctioned according to federal law, these problems will abate. Frankfort has not attempted to follow the law, and expects a metal detector to cover up that problem. Finally, both schools want cameras at all entrances, which is reasonable. Cameras for two tiny schools will not cost 8.5 million dollars. A word of caution, however; Frankfort has consistently rejected the use of a sign-in sheet in the office for adult visitors to the school. The staff does not wish to monitor those who enter and exit the building. A camera will do no more good than an unused sign-in sheet if the principal is truly unconcerned about what goes on inside the school. Also, as long as teachers are not held accountable when they "lose" students off of school property during the school day, key pads, metal detectors, and cameras will not accomplish anything. Tom Schroeder and Dean Dalinghaus, I'm looking at you, here!
The populations of Frankfort and USD 380 have been on the decline since 1910. At present, the population of Centralia is about 500 people and the population of Frankfort is about 690. That is fewer people, altogether, than attended your faithful blogger's alma mater at the time of her graduation. Why should taxpayers fund an 8.5 million dollar bond for schools that will probably shut down and consolidate with other, more viable schools, within the next ten years? The bond would take twenty-five years to pay off.
On June 4, it will be seven years since Kyron Horman disappeared from his Portland, Oregon school during a science fair. He was seven years old. There has seemingly been no trace of him during that time, and the only clues have been the behaviors, threats, and comments made by his some time step parent, Terri Moulton Horman, who, since her divorce from Kyron's father, now uses her maiden name, Moulton. She also lives in California, and uses the address of a relative there, while actually residing in other places around the state, mostly in the Sacramento area.
One of the reasons Terri Moulton is divorced from Kyron's father is that she allegedly attempted to convince another person to murder her husband. This came to light several weeks after Kyron went missing. She was never charged with the crime, and police were much more interested in finding Kyron at the time, but Kaine, Kyron's father, still was spooked enough to get a restraining order against her and begin divorce proceedings. Something else that has come to light during the past several months, in addition to Moulton's enhancement of her criminal record in California, is that in 1990, she allegedly attempted to have someone she was dating murdered! A laptop computer that once belonged to Moulton has also been seized. At this writing, law enforcement has not released many details, except to say that the investigation has recently included these things.
There is a new age progressed picture of Kyron, showing how he might look at age fourteen. As before, if anyone knows anything about Kyron's whereabouts, please call the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office at 503-823-3333 or 503-261-2847. (tip line)
Fifteen year old Elizabeth Thomas was last seen in Columbia, Tennessee, in the company of a teacher at her school, a fifty year old man by the name of Tad Cummins. Now there is an active Amber Alert. It seems that Mr. Cummins planned this disappearance. He researched possible methods the police could use to track him, and he also researched the possibility of marrying someone as young as Elizabeth. Something he forgot is that he is already married, and in America, one may marry as many times as one wishes, but one must get divorced between nuptials.
Below are pictures of Elizabeth, Cummins, and the vehicle Cummins used when he was last seen. There is also a number for anyone with information to call. Please, if you know anything or have seen either Cummins or Elizabeth Thomas, call law enforcement.
This is written specifically for someone who, with nothing to say, continues to rant on about the case of a child, Kyron Horman, who has been missing since 2010, from Portland, Oregon. To all others who read this, particularly those who volunteer your time, resources, and energy in raising awareness and actually helping Kyron's family negotiate this devastating situation, I applaud your efforts, and I am not addressing you in this post.
So here's my message to the miscreant who keeps pushing false information:
If you really saw the missing child, over six years ago, in someone's truck after he went missing, why didn't you say something then? Why didn't you call the cops, wherever you saw him, and give them a description of the vehicle and the person involved? In fact, why didn't you take a picture of the rear license plate on the vehicle? You implied, in your dumbass post, that you did; so why hasn't law enforcement gotten the information, in order to investigate the lead? Why go to social media with your nonsense?
After my experience with you, I can think of two reasons why you would keep information about a crime to yourself. First; you, personally, have no pursuits of your own in life, and blackmail money comes in handy every now and then. If you go to the police with any real information, they might solve the case and find the child, and any suspect turned defendant would face charges and likely go to jail. That would make it difficult for the suspect to keep paying you to be quiet about whatever you know, wouldn't it? You don't really care about missing children. You care about blackmailing those you think might be involved. The second possibility is a bit more sinister; you might actually be a potential defendant, yourself. I have seen you act in some very strange ways for the purpose of revenge, even for imagined slights, and you are a liar and criminal in your own right. Remember the murder near the lighthouse? Umpqua? You reached out to me for help in order to get out of there that night; yet when I helped you by calling the Coast Guard, you almost crapped your pants! You turned off your cell phone, in an insane effort to stop them from finding or helping you. Now why would you do that? You made no effort to inform me that a murder had been committed. While a long shot, there is, indeed, a possibility that you were involved.
There is also a third possibility, here. You are doing what you do for the sick pleasure of stirring up paranoia and unproductive conversation about missing persons cases. I've seen you do that, too. If that is what you are doing in Kyron's case, I think you should stop.
It's
that time of year again in Frankfort, Kansas, and this story will
appear once again on this site, because the school here in Frankfort has
not seen fit to come into compliance with safety standards observed by
schools in other parts of Kansas, and has not come into compliance
with federal law concerning the presence of weapons on school property,
bullying, or student safety. The only change made is that credit shall
be granted where it is due: the name of the errant and uncorrected
guidance counselor who has been granted carte blanche to endanger
children is Tom Schroeder.
Anyone who's listening, I
will tell you a story. It's a true story, and it happened in October of
2009. Thankfully, it had a happy ending.
My oldest
daughter used to be quite the avid cross country buff when she was
thirteen years old. She was good at it, too. But one day, while she was
at practice, and I was at home, just assuming that all was well, her
coach drove past my house, stopping to talk to my eight year old son.
Mr. Coach wanted to know if Mr. Eight Year Old had seen his older
sister. Mr. Eight Year Old had not. No one had seen my daughter in over
two hours. She was lost. Why was she lost? Because her coach had
dropped her off by the side of a highway, four miles south of the town
we live in, by herself, and just left her. It was part of cross country
practice. No supervision. If she had been stung by a bee, had tripped
and hurt herself, or had some other medical emergency, no one would
have been there to help her. (at this juncture, you should know that I
offered to volunteer to help with cross country, but since I do not
attend a Christian church, my offer was rejected. The school staff
thought it better to take chances with a child's safety in the way I
just described) When my daughter realized that she did not know her way
back, she started to wander on a side road, hoping it would bring her
to a house, or another person. This area has a lot of commercial farms,
and there were no houses or places my daughter could go to for help.
Back
to my eight year old son.......Twenty minutes went by. While he did
not realize the signifigance of his conversation with Mr. Cross County
Coach, (also Mr. Guidance Counselor) he did realize that no one knew
where his sister was, and it was getting later and later, and no one was
looking for her. So he told me about it. I looked all over town,
called all her friends, searched the school (why was the school left
unlocked after everyone had gone home?) and finally started home to
call the police, when a couple of senior boys drove up with my crying
daughter in their car. It was still within a few minutes of when I
found out she was missing, but this cross country coach had known all
afternoon, and had not called the police, or spoken to me. Why? I guess
whatever he cared about, it WASN'T my daughter. Well.........I actually
DO care about my daughter. Nowhere else have I met a teacher that did
NOT care, at least a little, about the children he teaches, but I think
that is what the problem is with Mr. Cross Country Coach/ Guidance
Counselor.
Suppose it was not young men from her
school who found her, but a dangerous person? I have been told time and
time again by the people who live in this small Kansas town that
"those things don't happen here", and "there ARE no dangerous people
here", but there was a sex offender whose address was within half a
mile of where my daughter was abandoned. The police were quick to point
that out, but the principal only argued his harmlessness as a sex
offender with them and the school board is not worried about the
incident.
My children no longer participate in cross country at their school. It isn't safe.
Surprise, surprise. No, not really; should anyone be surprised to hear that another Kansas public school employee, a building administrator, this time, has resigned because his criminal history came to light? Mike Burgan, USD 350, in St. Johns, Kansas, was found to have a criminal record for indecent solicitation of a child in 1988. Oddly enough, he was employed by the school district in 1985, which places his offense three years into his illustrious career. Since 1988, Mr. Burgan has lied to the Kansas Department of Education numerous times about his criminal past. In a community that only has about one thousand people, it seems almost impossible that no one heard about a conviction for something as serious as sex crimes against a minor, even in 1988.
A retired teacher from the same community still appears to defend Mr. Burgan. Either the retired teacher has failed to grasp reality, or the retired teacher has other reasons for denying the truth. Either scenario should truly scare any parent who loves his children.
You read the title correctly. One of the illustrious and brilliantly run public schools in Kansas has hired someone who has been charged with possession of child pornography to teach children. It seems that Steven Thompson resigned his teaching post at Garden City Community College amid an investigation about some kiddie porn that allegedly was found on one of his computers, and made way to Wichita. He was hired at the beginning of the 2015-2016 school year at a public school, only to be arrested on a warrant from Finney County, Kansas, to answer for the evidence that found. You might wonder how this could happen, since Thompson is, after all, out on bond for sex crimes. Susan Arensman, spokesperson for the public schools in Wichita has an answer: nothing showed up on the background check because Thompson had not yet been arrested or charged. But then, you might ask, do "unified" school districts in Kansas go the extra mile for the children they claim to serve, and check the references of the teachers they hire? While a former employer might not provide in depth details about a police investigation, it is hard to imagine that a teacher who disappears during a kiddie porn investigation.....on HIS computer......would get a glowing recommendation from his former employer. Common sense, Kansas. Common sense.
The name of the pig in the video above is Ben Fields. He is not only a pig, but a football coach at Spring Valley High School, in South Carolina. The child in the video incurred his wrath because he was called on her for refusal to hand over her cell phone to the teacher. The teacher called the principal, who also asked for the cell phone, and she refused to give it to him, as well. And when she refused to leave the room, the cops were called. Could this have possibly been handled any other way?
First of all, why didn't the school call the girl's parents, rather than the police? Why didn't the teacher just wait until after class to talk to the principal about enforcing the rule against cell phones? When the police were called, why didn't the officer wait for backup when the girl refused to get out of her seat, so that she could be apprehended from her crime of sitting still without any violence? And while cell phones are not allowed in many schools, is it a policy infraction or a crime to take a cell phone to school? Does a rogue cell phone on the person of a student really require the expertise of Godzilla? After all, not all schools manage these problems the same way. In Marshall County Kansas, cell phones are allowed in public schools. Even when certain students take guns to school during hunting season, it is often permitted, and the complaints of concerned parents are ignored by law enforcement. Guns, in this case; not cell phones.
Speaking of cell phones, another child in the classroom at Spring Valley High School also had a cell phone, but had not been instructed to turn it over to the teacher, as had the child in the video. As a result, Officer Ben Fields found himself on candid camera. Fields should really have behaved when he saw that camera getting footage of his actions.
Above is a picture of a toy similar to the toy over which Dean Dalinghaus, principal of Frankfort High School in Frankfort, Kansas, once attempted to expel an autistic fourth grader. We suspect that Dalinghaus simply has it in for children with disabilities.
Below is a gun, similar to the one an adult senior at the same school took to school one day. That student is not autistic. He did not get expelled, and was allowed back inside the building. He was even allowed to graduate, seven weeks later, with his class.
Mischell Miller, what was your phone call really all about? You have never met me, or to my knowledge, any of my children. You are brand new at your post as superintendent at Vermilion Schools, USD 380, and it is quite clear to me that while you have met your employees, you do not know them very well. I spoke out about an incident that took place on March 3 of this year, in which a gun was taken to school by an eighteen year old senior, named Casey Farrant. Young Mr. Farrant was already on probation for a drunk driving incident that seriously injured four people, including himself. He was also out on bond for another crime. Yet he continued to be embraced by the school administration, no matter how much of a danger he posed to the other children, and to the staff. So why, when he took a weapon into the building, was he not expelled, according to the Gun Free School Zones Act?
A newer version of that law, first enacted in 1990, gives a state school board, which we don't really have here in Kansas, (unified school districts make that impossible) the authority to override the severity and not expel a student. But was Casey Farrant the student who would deserve such mercy and favor? Not only was he an adult at the time; he had a criminal record, to boot! Drugs were also found in his car. Was this the time for Principal Dean Dalinghaus to establish that guns are okay in Frankfort High School, and that there are no actual consequences when a student who isn't supposed to possess a gun in the first place decides to bring one to school and make threats? Keep in mind, Dean Dalingahus once tried to expel a disabled student because he was a VICTIM of several Frankfort bullies. Go ahead, Mischell, read it. You can shake it up and sprinkle it out any way you please; your principal will still be wrong. Very wrong. And don't even start with pretending you know how he would react, and that his actions must certainly have been correct, because he is a building administrator: I already spoke with witnesses and with the victim, as did my daughter. We know what happened, and we informed Deanie-Boy of the law. Why did we have to? Why didn't he obey the law in the first place and discipline the students who were actually in the wrong? Only Jesus knows! But feel free to call me. I can give you more information about the incident, and let you know what the victim's healthcare provider and what his ad litem had to say about it. That's the day I truly started to hate Dean Dalinghaus and his trashy little school. No kidding.
I mentioned the practice of speaking with witnesses and victims. Yes, that is helpful, when "conducting an investigation" (did you really do that, about the Casey Farrant thing?) or just finding out what happened in a school where all the employees prevaricate and sweep unlawful behaviors under the rug. You mentioned to me that you "investigated" the problems encountered by Frankfort High School, prior to taking your new position as superintendent. Then you expressed surprise that three students were arrested there during the school year of 2014-2015, not just one. I agree, in a school that only has about one hundred and fifty students from kindergarten to twelfth grade, Deanie-boy really should have been in better control of all of them. But then, the student with the loaded gun was actually in charge, wasn't he? If that isn't disturbing enough, you should be unhappily surprised about not having been told the whole story by those you supervise. I am not surprised at all, but as I stated earlier, you apparently don't know them very well. I do have a question for you at this juncture, though; how does one conduct an "investigation", especially a thorough one, without talking to any of the witnesses? The answer is simple: you don't. You didn't really investigate anything. And that should bother you a lot more than it bothers me. After all, you are the one in daily contact with people who allow guns taken into their places of employment by people who have been convicted of crimes and are out on bond, awaiting trial for even more crime. The fact that the guns are most likely obtained from parents who also do not care about the safety of anyone for whom you are responsible should bother you, too.
My guess, after your call, was that your contact was somehow all about damage control. I do not believe you have any concerns about my preferences, my past experience with life, or my children. I am not altogether sure that you care about federal law, either. I also don't think you have the guts to stand up to the adult bullies in this berg and let them know you make your own decisions about what you do with your time, and with whom you spend it. I do not see that you are individuated that much, as a person. In my experience, those who are usually listen, rather than defend what they do not understand. And you are defending a tragedy waiting to happen. Isn't it ironic that a tragedy involving a shooting happened at a school in Roseburg, Oregon the very day after you called? "Oh....that won't happen here," you might say. Well guess what; Casey Farrant actually did take the gun to school here in Frankfort! Rather than allowing Dean Dalinghaus and Company to put the safety of all of our children and our Second Amendment rights at risk, why not simply insist upon compliance with federal law about all things that go on in both of your schools?
A fourteen year old high school freshman in Irving, Texas was arrested on Monday because he built a clock and took it to school. And also, because his name is Ahmed Mohamed. He built the clock out of a pencil box, for an engineering class, and a nasty female teacher called the police, reporting that Ahmed had brought a bomb to school. Since the teacher's IQ is probably average or slightly below average, and she is probably a racist and christian, she thought that a child who is intelligent should be punished for his intelligence, humiliated in front of his peers, and robbed of any chances to attend college. So she went out of her way to hurt him.
President Obama heard about this and invited Ahmed to the White House to show him the homemade clock. The teacher who called the police will probably not get to go to the White House, and the only people who want to meet her are probably small minded creeps, like herself.
Here's the response from the police. Notice that it contains no apology.
It is obviously the intention of the school and the community of Irving, Texas to continue to harass any promising student who happens to have a dark complexion, an Arabic name, or a religion other than Christianity. It has been argued, by the few who support the police here, that school safety is of utmost importance in all of America's schools. That simply isn't true, and the proof is in this message. In March of 2015, an eighteen year old senior named Casey Farrant took a gun to Frankfort High School in Frankfort, Kansas and threatened another student. Federal law maintains that after such an incident, the student must be expelled and barred from entering the building for a whole year. Seven weeks later, Casey Farrant attended graduation. He did not build a clock. Casey is probably not smart enough to build a clock. Instead, Casey presented an actual threat, but since he is white and has christians in his family, the threat he presents is not taken seriously by Frankfort High School, Dean Dalinghaus, the principal, or USD 380. Had a Muslim child done something of that caliber....pun somewhat intended....the law would have been followed. It's all about maintaining a racist environment.
Following the most recent search for Kyron Horman, who disappeared from his school in Portland Oregon in June of 2010, his aunt made the above announcement and request. On Kyron's thirteenth birthday, which was September 9, this picture was passed around Facebook. If anyone was in Portland on June 4, 2010, and knows anything about this incident, or Kyron's whereabouts today, please take the time to email the tip to tips4kyron@yahoo.com. It could make all the difference in the world.
It's that time of year again in Frankfort, Kansas, and this story will appear once again on this site, because the school here in Frankfort has not seen fit to come into compliance with safety standards observed by schools in other parts of Kansas, and has not come into compliance with federal law concerning the presence of weapons on school property, bullying, or student safety. The only change made is that credit shall be granted where it is due: the name of the errant and uncorrected guidance counselor who has been granted carte blanche to endanger children is Tom Schroeder.
Anyone who's listening, I will tell you a story. It's a true story, and it happened in October of 2009. Thankfully, it had a happy ending.
My oldest daughter used to be quite the avid cross country buff when she was thirteen years old. She was good at it, too. But one day, while she was at practice, and I was at home, just assuming that all was well, her coach drove past my house, stopping to talk to my eight year old son. Mr. Coach wanted to know if Mr. Eight Year Old had seen his older sister. Mr. Eight Year Old had not. No one had seen my daughter in over two hours. She was lost. Why was she lost? Because her coach had dropped her off by the side of a highway, four miles south of the town we live in, by herself, and just left her. It was part of cross country practice. No supervision. If she had been stung by a bee, had tripped and hurt herself, or had some other medical emergency, no one would have been there to help her. (at this juncture, you should know that I offered to volunteer to help with cross country, but since I do not attend a Christian church, my offer was rejected. The school staff thought it better to take chances with a child's safety in the way I just described) When my daughter realized that she did not know her way back, she started to wander on a side road, hoping it would bring her to a house, or another person. This area has a lot of commercial farms, and there were no houses or places my daughter could go to for help.
Back to my eight year old son.......Twenty minutes went by. While he did not realize the signifigance of his conversation with Mr. Cross County Coach, (also Mr. Guidance Counselor) he did realize that no one knew where his sister was, and it was getting later and later, and no one was looking for her. So he told me about it. I looked all over town, called all her friends, searched the school (why was the school left unlocked after everyone had gone home?) and finally started home to call the police, when a couple of senior boys drove up with my crying daughter in their car. It was still within a few minutes of when I found out she was missing, but this cross country coach had known all afternoon, and had not called the police, or spoken to me. Why? I guess whatever he cared about, it WASN'T my daughter. Well.........I actually DO care about my daughter. Nowhere else have I met a teacher that did NOT care, at least a little, about the children he teaches, but I think that is what the problem is with Mr. Cross Country Coach/ Guidance Counselor.
Suppose it was not young men from her school who found her, but a dangerous person? I have been told time and time again by the people who live in this small Kansas town that "those things don't happen here", and "there ARE no dangerous people here", but there was a sex offender whose address was within half a mile of where my daughter was abandoned. The police were quick to point that out, but the principal only argued his harmlessness as a sex offender with them and the school board is not worried about the incident.
My children no longer participate in cross country at their school. It isn't safe.
