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Two North Kansas City parents are outraged after they say their blind son’s cane was taken away from him at school by a bus driver.
Eight-year-old Dakota Nafzinger attends Gracemor Elementary School. Rachel Nafzinger said school staff took away her son’s cane as punishment for bad behavior on the bus and then gave him a swimming pool noodle to use as a substitute.
The school wouldn’t go on camera, but North Kansas City School District Spokeswoman Michelle Cronk confirmed taking away Dakota’s cane, calling it school property that was given to him when he enrolled. They said they took it away after he reportedly hit someone with it and wanted to prevent him from hurting himself or others.
His family said it was a way to humiliate him for misbehaving.
They say Dakota is like any other 8-year-old, only he was born without eyes — something in the medical world known as Bilateral Anopthalmia. Still, Dakota loves to sing, fish and swim — despite the extra work those activities require from someone who is blind.
Children are expelled for making a "gun" gesture with their thumb and finger.Having a cane brings a responsibility that the cane will not be used as a weapon. The boy hit other children with his cane. That's where the problem is. Did he need to use the cane as a weapon or was he just being a brat?
Two North Kansas City parents are outraged after they say their blind son’s cane was taken away from him at school by a bus driver.
Eight-year-old Dakota Nafzinger attends Gracemor Elementary School. Rachel Nafzinger said school staff took away her son’s cane as punishment for bad behavior on the bus and then gave him a swimming pool noodle to use as a substitute.
The school wouldn’t go on camera, but North Kansas City School District Spokeswoman Michelle Cronk confirmed taking away Dakota’s cane, calling it school property that was given to him when he enrolled. They said they took it away after he reportedly hit someone with it and wanted to prevent him from hurting himself or others.
His family said it was a way to humiliate him for misbehaving.
They say Dakota is like any other 8-year-old, only he was born without eyes — something in the medical world known as Bilateral Anopthalmia. Still, Dakota loves to sing, fish and swim — despite the extra work those activities require from someone who is blind.
North Kansas City School District apologizes for taking away blind child 8217 s cane fox4kc.com
Frankly speaking, I am shocked. How can anyone one be so unreasonable and even cruel towards the boy? I mean, it’s like taking someone’s hand or leg for misbehaving. What’s wrong with this school and its staff?
Yeah, they apologized, but they should think before doing such stuff in the first place.
That explains a lot...Two North Kansas City parents are outraged after they say their blind son’s cane was taken away from him at school by a bus driver.
Eight-year-old Dakota Nafzinger attends Gracemor Elementary School. Rachel Nafzinger said school staff took away her son’s cane as punishment for bad behavior on the bus and then gave him a swimming pool noodle to use as a substitute.
The school wouldn’t go on camera, but North Kansas City School District Spokeswoman Michelle Cronk confirmed taking away Dakota’s cane, calling it school property that was given to him when he enrolled. They said they took it away after he reportedly hit someone with it and wanted to prevent him from hurting himself or others.
His family said it was a way to humiliate him for misbehaving.
They say Dakota is like any other 8-year-old, only he was born without eyes — something in the medical world known as Bilateral Anopthalmia. Still, Dakota loves to sing, fish and swim — despite the extra work those activities require from someone who is blind.
North Kansas City School District apologizes for taking away blind child 8217 s cane fox4kc.com
Frankly speaking, I am shocked. How can anyone one be so unreasonable and even cruel towards the boy? I mean, it’s like taking someone’s hand or leg for misbehaving. What’s wrong with this school and its staff?
Yeah, they apologized, but they should think before doing such stuff in the first place.
I went to high school in North Kansas City!
That explains a lot...Two North Kansas City parents are outraged after they say their blind son’s cane was taken away from him at school by a bus driver.
Eight-year-old Dakota Nafzinger attends Gracemor Elementary School. Rachel Nafzinger said school staff took away her son’s cane as punishment for bad behavior on the bus and then gave him a swimming pool noodle to use as a substitute.
The school wouldn’t go on camera, but North Kansas City School District Spokeswoman Michelle Cronk confirmed taking away Dakota’s cane, calling it school property that was given to him when he enrolled. They said they took it away after he reportedly hit someone with it and wanted to prevent him from hurting himself or others.
His family said it was a way to humiliate him for misbehaving.
They say Dakota is like any other 8-year-old, only he was born without eyes — something in the medical world known as Bilateral Anopthalmia. Still, Dakota loves to sing, fish and swim — despite the extra work those activities require from someone who is blind.
North Kansas City School District apologizes for taking away blind child 8217 s cane fox4kc.com
Frankly speaking, I am shocked. How can anyone one be so unreasonable and even cruel towards the boy? I mean, it’s like taking someone’s hand or leg for misbehaving. What’s wrong with this school and its staff?
Yeah, they apologized, but they should think before doing such stuff in the first place.
I went to high school in North Kansas City!
Then the bullies need to be dealt with. That's why it's important to find out what happened.Smacking bullies perhaps?
I was just speculating. I have no idea what happened so I can't really form an opinionThen the bullies need to be dealt with. That's why it's important to find out what happened.Smacking bullies perhaps?
That explains a lot...Two North Kansas City parents are outraged after they say their blind son’s cane was taken away from him at school by a bus driver.
Eight-year-old Dakota Nafzinger attends Gracemor Elementary School. Rachel Nafzinger said school staff took away her son’s cane as punishment for bad behavior on the bus and then gave him a swimming pool noodle to use as a substitute.
The school wouldn’t go on camera, but North Kansas City School District Spokeswoman Michelle Cronk confirmed taking away Dakota’s cane, calling it school property that was given to him when he enrolled. They said they took it away after he reportedly hit someone with it and wanted to prevent him from hurting himself or others.
His family said it was a way to humiliate him for misbehaving.
They say Dakota is like any other 8-year-old, only he was born without eyes — something in the medical world known as Bilateral Anopthalmia. Still, Dakota loves to sing, fish and swim — despite the extra work those activities require from someone who is blind.
North Kansas City School District apologizes for taking away blind child 8217 s cane fox4kc.com
Frankly speaking, I am shocked. How can anyone one be so unreasonable and even cruel towards the boy? I mean, it’s like taking someone’s hand or leg for misbehaving. What’s wrong with this school and its staff?
Yeah, they apologized, but they should think before doing such stuff in the first place.
I went to high school in North Kansas City!
If he was using a weapon. The weapon needs to be taken away.In my opinion talk is cheep and the action that they chose to take against that child is what says it all. What made them think that keeping the boy after school for detention or suspending him was not enough if he was misbehaving?
God bless you and the boy always!!!
Holly
Daredevil.Bad behavior? How much trouble can a blind kid be?
If he turned the cane, that he needs to get around, into a weapon, how much damage can he actually do with it when he is blind?If he was using a weapon. The weapon needs to be taken away.In my opinion talk is cheep and the action that they chose to take against that child is what says it all. What made them think that keeping the boy after school for detention or suspending him was not enough if he was misbehaving?
God bless you and the boy always!!!
Holly
My dog is blind. She's fast too and could bite your fingers off. An enraged blind kid using a cane as a weapon wouldn't necessarily hit the intended target.If he turned the cane, that he needs to get around, into a weapon, how much damage can he actually do with it when he is blind?If he was using a weapon. The weapon needs to be taken away.In my opinion talk is cheep and the action that they chose to take against that child is what says it all. What made them think that keeping the boy after school for detention or suspending him was not enough if he was misbehaving?
God bless you and the boy always!!!
Holly
God bless you and him always!!!
Holly
Having a cane brings a responsibility that the cane will not be used as a weapon. The boy hit other children with his cane. That's where the problem is. Did he need to use the cane as a weapon or was he just being a brat?
If he was using a weapon. The weapon needs to be taken away.In my opinion talk is cheep and the action that they chose to take against that child is what says it all. What made them think that keeping the boy after school for detention or suspending him was not enough if he was misbehaving?
God bless you and the boy always!!!
Holly
Having a cane brings a responsibility that the cane will not be used as a weapon. The boy hit other children with his cane. That's where the problem is. Did he need to use the cane as a weapon or was he just being a brat?
