According to the boy, he and the girl were engaged in a staring contest and that she was giggling the whole time.
Court documents state that the girl said she “felt fearful,” leading the school to suspend the boy despite the fact that he wrote an apology saying he meant no harm.
“I never knew she was scared because she was laughing,” he wrote. “I understand I done the wrong thing that will never happen again. I will start to think before I do so I am not in this situation.”
According to his parents, they filed suit to have the suspension removed from his record.
“The perception is he intimidated her,” said his mother, Candice Tolbert. “My son stared at a girl who was engaged in a staring game. She giggled the entire time.”
According to Tolbert, the same girl was involved in an incident at the school that was much worse, yet led to no repercussions.
“The same girl that accused my son of this act of perception of intimidation, aggressively poured milk on someone else’s lunch. When she did that there was no penalties for that. She received nothing for that,” she explained.
According to school administrators, their handbook states, in part: “The principal is the final recourse in all disciplinary matters and may waive any and all rules at his/her discretion for just cause.”
Ohio court upholds school suspension of 12-year-old black boy accused of staring at a white girl
Something stinks about this entirte story.
I think the possibility exists that this girl is one of these little tattle tales that gets into trouble in the classroom and then points the finger at others.....And I think the parents believe their little cupcake is an angel. When they get that phone call from the school, they threaten a suit.
The other kid gets punished.
I was a kid once. I had girls just like this as classmates.
If I were the parents of this boy, I would drag the school administration through the mud by calling in the local media.
Threaten to bring in publicity and school administrators cave.