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School Backs Off Candy Punishment

J.J. Jackson* | March 19, 2008 

When officials at a school in New Haven, Connecticut punished Michael Sheridan for having candy against school policy there were a lot of legitimate questions be asked. Well, now the school has backed down a lot. I’ll have to translate this for you:

School officials have decided to go light on an eighth-grader caught with contraband candy in New Haven, Connecticut.Michael Sheridan originally was suspended and loss his class vice president post after buying a bag of candy.
Michael Sheridan, an eighth-grade honors student who was suspended for a day, barred from attending an honors dinner and stripped of his title as class vice president after he was caught with a bag of Skittles candy in school will get his student council post back, school officials said.

Superintendent Reginald Mayo said in a statement late Wednesday that he and principal Eleanor Turner met with student Michael’s parents and that Turner decided to clear the boy’s record and restore him to his student council post.

Translation: “We really didn’t expect such an outrage directed at our well meaning and caring school which was only trying to do what we felt was best by outlawing evil candy which we KNOW is the root of all problems in the school. Obviously we’ll have to consider dealing with real problems from now on rather than micromanaging what would students eat.”

Once again I reiterate.  OBVIOUSLY candy isn’t the problem.  This kid is an outstanding student and he eats candy.

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