My son got suspended a week before christmas break. The principal accused him of choking a middle school student and that he has evidence on video camera. My husband saw the video and it didn't show it. And the principal said he made a mistake.
And now he suspended my son again for another three days on Tuesday march 9, 2010. My son went to the sadie.s dance on Saturday 13, 2010 and one of the chaparons told him that he was suspended for another week so he isn't suppose to be there at the dance without him or us knowing.

Schools now have a zero tolerance policy. There is also a bullying policy and a cyber-bullying policy. You need to read the handbook your son received at the start of the school year. It's my understanding in our state, if a child has been suspended from school , then other school funtions are also forbidden, i.e. dances, ball games.

You can request a meeting with the superintendent of schools and request a hearing. The other childrem involved and the video's will and should be reviewed by the school board. Also the principle needs to contact all the parents whose children were involved and set up a meeting. You do not do that, the school will.

Do it legally and if your son is innocent then he will be allowed back at school. Don't expect something to happen overnight. Let them know you want the truth!

I wanted to add something which is very important. Always, always remain calm. If you raise your voice or start yelling and hurling accusations you will lose credibiltity and it puts the principle in a defensive mode.

Get all the imformation you can on student rights and present them to the staff. I do know what I'm talking about. I was a sub for many years and I found the parents who yelled and threatened just made the matter worse. Good Luck

Why are they doing this,
If it is because of his religion, his nationality, his skin color, perhaps even his sexual oreitation, that is illegal discrimination

If they are doing this because they just don't like him, it is not fair, but not discrimination that is illegal.

You make an appointment ( should have first day he was suspended second time) and see if it is valid.

For the dance, of course if he was suspended he does not get to go to a dnace, if he went against the rules, they may give him more punishment.
Why did he go to a dance ( out like that) and you not know where he was?

I was wondering.. why was he suspended after being back to school after such a short time after the first incident? What grade is he in? There is a difference in discrimination and dislipine. As Fr.Chuck stated if he is being singled out because of race, sexual orientation etc. That is wrong.

Policies of expulsion from school are nearly always the same. That expulsion means ,all school funtions. Did something happen at the dance ? The person who told him he was suspended again, was this
Person a teacher? You need to sit your child down and ask him to tell you about all these incidents.

Look, you're a parent , I'm a parent and we hurt when we feel our children are being treated unfairly. Kids sometimes neglect to tell us the whole story. Find out ! I hope you have success and please let us know what becomes of this.:)