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(Buffalo News) Followup Apparently a seven-week suspension violates state education law. Principal says student can come back, but only if she says she's sorry   (buffalonews.com) divider line 74
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JoJoTheIdiotMonkeyBoy [TotalFark] 2008-02-03 01:10:56 PM  
Barton dismissed Stiles without explanation. But two and a half months later, Williams told School Board members in executive session that Stiles was dismissed because of suspicions that she was a lesbian and having sexual relations with her players, according to several board members present.

That sounds like the biggest crock of farking bullshiat I've ever heard in my life.

 
Weaver95 [TotalFark] 2008-02-03 01:33:28 PM  
Dear Principal,

I'm sorry that you're a farking idiot. I'm sorry that I was put on suspension for daring to voice my opinion in a fair and polite manner. I'm sorry that this whole sorry mess took me away from my studies and my friends. I'm sorry you're a douchebag jerkwad who's insecurities caused a temper tantrum that's embarrassed the school and damaged the crediblity of the education system.

I can haz degree now?

 
vfarker 2008-02-03 01:54:52 PM  
Ridiculous. She's already been out for 5 weeks...so way to go to backwards-ly remedy it now. Let's hope both the volunteer coach and Jayvonna have good lawyers.

 
pgh9fan [TotalFark] 2008-02-03 01:59:39 PM  
Wouldn't it be farking great if she goes on to college and gets a couple of advanced degrees then comes back as the principal's boss?

 
Kome [TotalFark] 2008-02-03 02:03:00 PM  
Remember kids, we no longer live in a time when standing up for what you believe in is acceptable.

 
Weaver95 [TotalFark] 2008-02-03 02:07:58 PM  
Kome: Remember kids, we no longer live in a time when standing up for what you believe in is acceptable.

well...as long as you believe the 'proper' things, you can stand up for whatever you want.

But if you decide that maybe you want to figure things out for yourself....well, expect a bumpy ride.

 
real shaman [TotalFark] 2008-02-03 02:22:23 PM  
I would hope this young lady and the dismissed coach both have good attorneys. This school board needs the shiat sued out of them.

 
anonymousgirl 2008-02-03 02:26:06 PM  
says she's sorry for what exactly...? for using a phone?

 
OtherLittleGuy 2008-02-03 02:43:22 PM  
Weaver95: Dear Principal,

I'm sorry that you're a farking idiot. I'm sorry that I was put on suspension for daring to voice my opinion in a fair and polite manner. I'm sorry that this whole sorry mess took me away from my studies and my friends. I'm sorry you're a douchebag jerkwad who's insecurities caused a temper tantrum that's embarrassed the school and damaged the crediblity of the education system. As with everything else, it's the thought that counts.


FTFY.

/Sheridan approves

 
SilentStrider [TotalFark] 2008-02-03 02:49:30 PM  
ok, after rtfa, if she was using a phone in school and there's a rule for that, then some minor punishment, maybe a day or two of detention, would have been reasonable.

But 7 weeks farking suspension? NO WAY. Principal way over-reacted to a challenge to her authority from what, at least according to the article, is a good student (at least up until the suspension).
I think what needs to happen is that principal needs to be out a job, post haste. And, that coach who was fired, either a damn good explanation needs to be given, or she needs to be re-hired, again, post-haste.
There is no excuse for what the principal has done here. None.

 
lajimi [TotalFark] 2008-02-03 02:53:11 PM  
Refuse to apologize, threaten to prosecute.

 
HumbleGenius 2008-02-03 03:45:43 PM  
Nine and a half weeks would have been much worse.

 
Firetini [TotalFark] 2008-02-03 03:47:09 PM  
She'll show them:
i190.photobucket.com

 
tiiger 2008-02-03 03:49:14 PM  
Fire the principal.

Not that I judge a book by its cover, but Crystal Barton sounds like the typical education student that gets stoned, squeaks by on C's in college, sleeps her way into a teaching position, and then viciously backstabs opposition to her rise to power as a principal.

/Wishes teachers were held to a higher standard of education.

 
Bloodstone2k 2008-02-03 03:49:28 PM  
Weaver95: But if you decide that maybe you want to figure things out for yourself....well, expect a bumpy ride.

Agreed.

 
Guntram Shatterhand 2008-02-03 03:54:54 PM  
tiiger: Fire the principal.

And sue the school board, right after you dismiss them and hold emergency elections to find their replacements. Not only have they wasted time and money, they have abused power to such an extent that it has put the public trust in the school board to effectively manage the school's finances and govern the student body.

Then sue them. People put into power to abuse it this badly deserve what is coming to them.

 
Atypical Person Reading Fark [TotalFark] 2008-02-03 03:55:01 PM  
Principal's main job is to know the state ed code.

FAIL.

Fire him.

(be sure to RFA, the part about why the volunteer girls' coach was banned is interesting).

 
RockIsDead 2008-02-03 03:55:55 PM  
img134.imageshack.us
Sorry?

What SUCKERS!

 
Annoyance 2008-02-03 03:57:00 PM  
Buffalo City schools, some of the worst in the country.

 
Bloodstone2k 2008-02-03 03:58:19 PM  
SilentStrider: Principal way over-reacted to a challenge to her authority from what, at least according to the article, is a good student (at least up until the suspension).

The student already had some marks on her record for truancy and for inappropriate dress (she wore a Hoodie to school). However, it looks like the principal has a few skeletons in her closet as well...

Link

 
Hosebag [TotalFark] 2008-02-03 03:58:29 PM  
Dear Ms. Barton,

I'm sorry you're such a psycho, closeted-lesbian, psycho douchebag who has the IQ of my toaster and the looks of the winner of the ugliest dog competition.

 
Atypical Person Reading Fark [TotalFark] 2008-02-03 04:00:41 PM  
Oops. Fire her.

i185.photobucket.com

Should have known better. (Me, I mean).

 
YixilTesiphon 2008-02-03 04:01:46 PM  
Clearly throwing more money at administrators will fix our schools, right soccer moms?

 
stuffy 2008-02-03 04:04:04 PM  
Dear Jerkwad
Bite Me

 
sentz 2008-02-03 04:04:43 PM  
Barton is a typical self-centered, hyper-sensitive, vicious, taxpayer-sucking, liberal Union-loser. And this isn't her first controversy.

Link (new window)


It's all Bush's fault.

 
Atypical Person Reading Fark [TotalFark] 2008-02-03 04:07:25 PM  
Schools should be run by volunteer collectives with teensy budgets for incidentals.

If you wish to express your concerns to the Superintendent of the Buffalo Schools (I so want to spell it Baffalo), you can do that here. (popa). The superintendent held a press conference and some state board of educational ethics is looking into the behavior of the lovely Ms Crystal.

Their press conference video link is overloaded at present.

 
CnFlght 2008-02-03 04:08:21 PM  
Why do hispanics hate african americans so much?

 
lajimi [TotalFark] 2008-02-03 04:08:40 PM  
Bloodstone2k: SilentStrider: Principal way over-reacted to a challenge to her authority from what, at least according to the article, is a good student (at least up until the suspension).

The student already had some marks on her record for truancy and for inappropriate dress (she wore a Hoodie to school). However, it looks like the principal has a few skeletons in her closet as well...

Link


Oh, well, a hoodie......THAT'S DIFFERENT! Maybe she should have been expelled.

 
Krymore 2008-02-03 04:09:58 PM  
sentz: Barton is a typical self-centered, hyper-sensitive, vicious, taxpayer-sucking, liberal Union-loser. And this isn't her first controversy.

Link (new window)


It's all Bush's fault.


If you're not even going to try, don't bother posting.

 
Bloodstone2k 2008-02-03 04:13:42 PM  
lajimi: Oh, well, a hoodie......THAT'S DIFFERENT! Maybe she should have been expelled.

Or at the very least, publicly flogged. :)

 
Get Lost 2008-02-03 04:15:13 PM  
And what kind of crack is McKinley High School Principal Crystal Barton doing.

/Freedom of speech applies from birth you stupid biatch.

 
CreepyBasementGuy 2008-02-03 04:15:54 PM  
I have no strong feelings either way, but can somebody tell me what this sentence is supposed to be saying:

Barton gave four of the girls pending suspensions. Jayvonna, though, was suspended for five days and kicked off the basketball team. The week after she returned, a school administrator - Barton refused to talk to Jayvonna - told her she was getting an additional six-week suspension.

 
Firetini [TotalFark] 2008-02-03 04:17:40 PM  
CnFlght: Why do hispanics hate african americans everyone so much?

FTFY

 
col235555 2008-02-03 04:19:25 PM  
Does it seem like you need a degree in douchbaggery to get a job as a principal in this country?

 
Desmo 2008-02-03 04:20:31 PM  
i43.photobucket.comi43.photobucket.com

 
Basking_lizard 2008-02-03 04:21:20 PM  
CreepyBasementGuy: I have no strong feelings either way, but can somebody tell me what this sentence is supposed to be saying:

Barton gave four of the girls pending suspensions. Jayvonna, though, was suspended for five days and kicked off the basketball team. The week after she returned, a school administrator - Barton refused to talk to Jayvonna - told her she was getting an additional six-week suspension.


There were 5 girls involved. Four of them got pending suspensions, except Jayvonna, who got suspended for 5 days and kicked off the team.

When she got back to school, she found out they'd extended her suspension for 6 weeks.

That principal is an asshole and I hope she gets fired.

 
Sir Roderick Glossop 2008-02-03 04:21:40 PM  
Atypical Person Reading Fark: Oops. Fire her.

[pic]

Should have known better. (Me, I mean).


*studies picture*

I think you deserve a pass for your original error. Pretty ambiguous stuff, that.

 
Chagrin 2008-02-03 04:23:16 PM  
Atypical Person Reading Fark: Oops. Fire her.

Fire it.

 
Bacontastesgood 2008-02-03 04:25:29 PM  
real shaman: I would hope this young lady and the dismissed coach both have good attorneys. This school board needs the shiat sued out of them.

The school board apparently had little to do with this. The principal cancelled the girl's appointment with the board, and she doesn't seem to have followed up. The lesson here is never give up. She or her gramma should have stood in front of that board and told them what was going on.

If the board doesn't immediately suspend the principal, and fire her pending investigation, they do need to be voted out pronto.

The supernintendo also needs to be looked at.

 
Sanctum 2008-02-03 04:26:18 PM  
This story has amazed me from the beginning due to the sheer length of the suspension. 7 weeks for talking on a cell phone, wearing a hoodie, and leaving early? Over 1.5 months for that?

I think that is by far the hardest thing to justify for the principal.

 
Keys dude 2008-02-03 04:26:46 PM  
My high school got around this by suspending me every Monday for five days because I cut classes. Could never understand the logic of suspending me for cutting classes because that meant they were letting me out of class without me cutting classes.

 
braedan 2008-02-03 04:34:25 PM  
CnFlght
For the record, I am a white male and therefore my opinion trumps that of the racial minorities or persons of inferior gender.

The reason Hispanics dislike African Americans is the same reason white people dislike African Americans, they come from an inferior genetic stock, they are prone to violence and have decreased mental capacity compared to all of the other races. Hispanics believe themselves to be superior to the blacks and want white people to see this, hoping that we will reward them with more tacos and low paying jobs, perhaps a pat on the head.

/I hope that reads as sarcastic as I intended...
//Really, some of my best friends are mud people....
///interweb tuffguy

 
DrKillPatient [TotalFark] 2008-02-03 04:36:48 PM  
real shaman: I would hope this young lady and the dismissed coach both have good attorneys. This school board needs the shiat sued out of them.

ABSOLUTELY.

/there is no excuse for this behavior on part of the school administration.
//if it were one of our kids I can guarantee you the shait would have hit the fan as soon as the six-week suspension was announced.

 
DrKillPatient [TotalFark] 2008-02-03 04:37:33 PM  
DrKillPatient: real shaman: I would hope this young lady and the dismissed coach both have good attorneys. This school board needs the shiat sued out of them.

ABSOLUTELY.

/there is no excuse for this behavior on part of the school administration.
//if it were one of our kids I can guarantee you the shait would have hit the fan as soon as the six-week suspension was announced.


BTW, an apology? I think not.

 
Firetini [TotalFark] 2008-02-03 04:49:14 PM  
braedan: CnFlght
For the record, I am a white male and therefore my opinion trumps that of the racial minorities or persons of inferior gender.

The reason Hispanics dislike African Americans is the same reason white people dislike African Americans, they come from an inferior genetic stock, they are prone to violence and have decreased mental capacity compared to all of the other races. Hispanics believe themselves to be superior to the blacks and want white people to see this, hoping that we will reward them with more tacos and low paying jobs, perhaps a pat on the head.

/I hope that reads as sarcastic as I intended...
//Really, some of my best friends are mud people....
///interweb tuffguy


Actually you're half right. We don't like any people that are violent, government leeches, loud and obnoxious, inferior to society standards, and the list can continue (sounds so contradictory, right?). Every race has their own community of losers. I do not care to score points with the man. I am no taco bender that's for sure. You must be referring to Mexicans. I hate people only when they actually do something to piss me off- but I'm on meds, so everything's cool.

Sorry for the rant..

 
John Denver 2008-02-03 04:52:15 PM  
Why is it that so many school administrators develop superiority complexes and act like they are a god? I've seen this type of stuff happen before and it goes against all logic every time.

 
OrcusFelinus 2008-02-03 05:04:56 PM  
...and people wonder why we have school shootings.

/This is where our disgruntled youth come from, folks.

 
Day_Old_Dutchie 2008-02-03 05:08:33 PM  
Do you consistently have trouble spelling your name?
Do you often get lost on the way home?
Have you been turned down for the job of WalMart greeter?
Do you find yourself scoring 50 or below on IQ tests?
Do you have nothing but contempt for kids?
Do you believe WWE wrestling and Soap Operas are REAL?
Then we have a career for you in SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION!

The perfect job for absolute idiots!
No thinking is ever required for this job.
Just pepper your speeches with the magic words "Zero Tolerance" "Curriculum" and the most fantastic, magical, wondrous cure-all ever "SUSPENSION" and you'll keep pulling in the bucks.

 
BitwiseShift 2008-02-03 05:13:58 PM  
Oh, please don't show those pictures of Crystal Barton having sex with a student, I've just run out of eye bleach.

 
KylerAdams 2008-02-03 05:27:12 PM  
OrcusFelinus: ...and people wonder why we have school shootings.

/This is where our disgruntled youth come from, folks.


THIS.

Kinda waiting for this to happen to me.... could use a few spare bucks...

 
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