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MagazineCole County R-1 School Board Meets
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
The Cole County R-1 School Board held its regular monthly meeting on Thursday, Nov. 17.
Under new business, the Board voted to approve the consent agenda as presented. The Board approved a payroll fund transfer of $193,000.
The Board approved the Library Media Program Report as presented. Mitch Gier and two members from the Calendar Committee presented three school calendar options for the 2012-2013 School Year. They discussed the pros and cons for each one with the Board. The three options included 174-day calendar, a 164-day calendar and a four-day per week calendar. There was no action taken on the calendar options as the presentation was for informational purposes only at this time. A public meeting will be held for school patrons so the Board can present the three options and have discussions about them. A date for the public meeting has not been set at this time, but notification of the meeting will be provided as soon as it is set.
Gier, transportation director, also presented proposed route changes to the Board. Due to reduced funding by the legislature for transportation and many of the buses running with a little over half the seating capacity needed, a recommendation was made to delete one bus route. The Board approved the recommendation and the new routes will begin after Thanksgiving.
Bids were opened from four companies for a new Marquee Sign to be placed by the highway in front of the high school. The Board approved the bid from Mid-America Sign Works. Donations have been made for half of the cost of the sign at this time. The Board approved amending Board Policy JGA to allow the administrators to use corporal punishment.
The December Board meeting is scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 15.
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KidsRPeople2 1 year, 5 months ago
Why is it ok to use pain as punishment for kids, especially administered by taxpayer funded school officials who are entrusted with our children's care and education, when the very same action is Illegal in Schools in 31 U.S. States, the U.S. Military and Prohibited by Federal Law for use against convicted Felons, murderers and child molesters, in ALL U.S. Prisons? What would happen to any citizen, parent, police officer or U.S. Supreme Court Justice who hit any person or animal with a wooden paddle in public?
Sexual violence against schoolchildren, K-12, is LEGALLY PROTECTED in taxpayer funded public schools in 19 U.S. States that legally allow Pain to Punish Students K-12, Illegal in Schools in 31 U.S.States, over half our nation, constituting "Cruel and Unusual Punishment" akin to allowing State and Local Governments to legally permit Slavery!! Congressman John Kline, Chairman of the House Committee on Education and Workforce has the Power and Responsibility to send H.R. 3027 "The Ending Corporal Punishment in Schools Act" introduced by Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, D-NY, out to the floor for a full vote of Congress, but it DIED again on 12/8/2011, earlier version, H.R. 5628 DIED in House Committee on Education 2010!
Mandatory Reporters of suspected child abuse, school teachers, coaches and administrators, legally hit schoolchildren, K-12, with thick wooden paddles, SEXUAL ASSAULT when done to a non-consenting adult, to inflict Pain as Punishment for minor infractions, some states such as Tennessee do not require parental consent or notification for schoolchildren to be "Paddled". Several "School Paddling States" have "Teacher Immunity Laws" to protect school employees from criminal/civil action, leaving INJURED schoolchildren's families NO LEGAL REDRESS!
U.S. Federal Courts uphold outrageous incidents of school paddling and the U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear school corporal punishment appeals.
See 2008 report "A Violent Education" by Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) for disturbing FACTS! See donthitstudents dot com. Over the past 4 years, I have collected hundreds of shocking news reports of legal child abuse in schools where children are injured and parents are powerless to protect them.
The practice of school discipline by "Corporal Punishment" is founded upon the RELIGIOUS conviction of "Spare the Rod, Spoil the Child" and FORCED onto taxpayers children in public schools, violating our nation's constitution regarding liberty, equality and "Cruel and Unusual Punishment". Please add your voice to federal bill to Abolish School Corporal Punishment of Students in ALL U.S. Schools at dont hit students dot com
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