Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Horse = Gun

Horse riding teen suspended from school
Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School Senior Dan Depaolis, dressed in medieval garb, rode a horse into the school's parking lot as part of spirit week.

What he, and his parents, thought was a good-natured stunt, the school deemed dangerous. Depaolis was suspended from school for two days.

The father tells FOX25 the school compared the stunt to bringing a “loaded firearm” to school...

The school would not comment, saying that they do not talk about any aspect of student discipline.

The family says they plan to contest the suspension.
The horse was brought in on a trailer. The kid rode it around in the parking lot, then loaded it back on the trailer. That's a far cry from bringing a loaded weapon to class.

I weep for the demise of our friend Common Sense...

1 comment:

JT said...

Many schools around here have a barn, with horses, right there on campus. The Future Farmers of America and 4-H need to infiltrate Boston area schools.