Re: PRINCIPLE SENDING KIDS TO JAIL

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Mudge: It's them throwaway kids.
We have a whole nation full with
them. So, i wasn't surprised. I
blame the parent, not the kids. I
guess this is why the boards are
filled with emamcipation
proclimations.

On 3/14/05, Curmudgeon wrote:
> Sir v, you're closer than you
thought.
>
> The posts piqued my interest, so
I did a little digging. In
> the OP's home county, there is a
cooperative program
> established by the schools,
juvenile authorities, and the
> courts.
>
> It kicks in when a child has
received a third out-of-school
> suspension and is, thus, facing
expulsion. Rather than
> letting the little buggers run
the streets unsupervised while
> suspended, they are required to
report to the program and
> spend the days studying, doing
community service, and taking
> appropriate classes on anger
management, life skills, etc.
>
> If they fail to report on the
first day of the suspension,
> they will be picked up and held
until they can go before the
> judge and explain why they
didn't report. It is the parents'
> responsibility to get the child
to the program.
>
> Amazingly, many of the involved
parents complain because its
> such a "hardship" to deliver the
child to the program and pick
> him up at the end of the day.
>
> On 3/14/05, v wrote:
>> TV: Are you related to
Roosta? I
>> wouldn't worrie about the
little
>> buggers. It'll keep them off
the
>> streets. Their probly headed
for
>> prison any way.
>>
>> On 3/14/05, TV wrote:
>>> hello reader. in the city of
>> wabash in wabash county ind
>>> ther is an order from local
>> court that apon 3rd referral
>>> to out of school suspension
from
>> principal. that the child
>>> is to be picked up immmediatly
>> and put in detention center
>>> until next court date. some of
>> the offenses that can get a
>>> refferall are tardys
horseplay
>> foul language ect. mostly
>>> descretion of principal. seems
>> to me this gives principal
>>> the power to sentence children
>> to jail time without their
>>> due process. they also make
them
>> write out a statement of
>>> guilt to be used against them
in
>> court but they are
>>> teenagers and dont understand
>> what their doing as far as
>>> legality, they are told to
just
>> write the statement and
>>> they may or may not get
>> suspended. they are not told
that
>>> it will be used against them
in
>> court. it seems to me that
>>> the principal given this power
>> should be considered as an
>>> officer of the court and have
to
>> go by their rules as far
>>> as interegating a student for
>> info to be solely used
>>> against them in court. and my
>> question is can a local
>>> judge issue such a blank order
>> legally wouldnt it have to
>>> be some type of city or county
>> ordinance. thnx tv
>>