This story is hardly surprising - it just repeats itself at a different school in a different state. In Covington, Kentucky:
A new city ordinance, enacted January 2, has police taking school truancy into their own hands. If kids are caught skipping school they could now be arrested on misdemeanor charges. If their parents are complicit in the hooky-playing, they too could be hauled into court. It’s all part of a new crackdown led by Ken Kippenbrock, Director of Pupil Personnel for the Covington school district.
Yes, there really is a Director of Pupil Personnel. Here’s more:
This week, local police were given a cheat sheet with times when kids should be in school (essentially 8am to 3pm) along with early dismissals, and procedures to follow when encountering a kid outside of school during those hours. If they come across a suspected skipper, officers have the option to bring the child back to school, return them to their parents’ home, or if the child isn’t allowed back in the school, and their parents can’t be reached, booking them.
Kids can’t skip their prison sentence because state funding is linked to attendance, and each unexcused absence reduces the booty that flows to the jackpot. Public school apparatchiks have no shame in publicly exclaiming that the lives of children are sacrificed for the collective benefits of a few. Children are imprisoned in their day pens for the purpose of bringing government money through the door to enable powerful government unions, create jobs for more union minions, and preserve hefty salaries for so-called administrators. On a similar note, in one county in Florida, school administrators want to ban … hair. “Extreme” hair, that is.
According to a Fox 35 news report, the list of shunned style includes any “extreme” hairstyles, unnatural hair colors, and makeup that affects direct eye contact in the classroom. A school spokesperson named Chris Patton said these creative styles detract from learning. “When you have someone who has extreme hairstyles or different colors like pink or purple, it could be a disruption to the education happening in the classroom,” Patton told Fox 35 News. “Kids start talking about it, they start teasing the kids with the different pink or purple color hair.”
Here, eye shadow that looks too “rock star-ish” will be banned. Any hair color or style sweep can be subjectively deemed “extreme.” But really, it’s all in the name of safety because we want children to be safe. Here is a quote from a school spokesperson that goes into the “you can’t make this ___ up” file: ”Mascara, eyeshadow, and even the bangs if they are blocking the eyes-where you can’t see a students eyeballs, that’s even a safety thing.”
