Is this child abuse?

[Mackenzie]

Is it abusive for a teacher to not allow a child to have lunch all day as a punishment? Do teachers have that right?

[annie24]

where do you live? that sounds like a punishment to me. check the laws in your state. maybe talk to a lawyer, see what they say. you should definitely contact the school board and the principal regarding this. but talk to a lawyer first.

[4thelast1]

UH, NO. This is against the law! It is againts the law due to cruel and unusuall punishment. If people in jail are Required to have three square meals a day then a Child should never be punished by food taken away!! This also breaks federal law, a child does have civil rights.

[DN]

I doubt it is against the law per se. But certainly ask the principal if that is a recognised punishment at the school and if it is not that make a complaint.

 

If it is then take it up with the school board.

 

I would only recommend seeing a lawyer if these two courses of action fail.

[Mackenzie]

Well, the teacher was fired anyway, but I was kind of wondering if maybe she deserved to be fired or if she should have just gotten a warning. But when you put it that way I think the situation was handled just as it should have been. I'm just really surprised because she's well-liked by lots of other kids at the school and she thought she was doing the right thing. Thanks for clearing that up, but one more thing I forgot to mention before- if she tries to get another job somewhere else, will this incident hold her back? Would the pincipals of other schools have access to this type of information, do you think?

[DN]

Yes, if she was fired for misconduct involving children it would be part of her record. But the chances are that she would get another job but be closely monitored. People make mistakes and providing it was not one of several she would get a second chance.

[Mackenzie]

Yeah, and apparently she'd been picking on this boy whose lunch got trashed for awhile, and his sister. There was another severe incident involving the sister, but I won't mention it in case I get recognized somehow... I always worry about that. I didn't like this teacher too much anyway. She favoured like crazy, ignoring some kids who cried for their parents and taking others onto her lap. She also kissed a lot of kids when she saw them, which I found totally inappropriate simply because she'd only do it to some kids, and because she was crossing her limits as a teacher. It's been awhile since I was in kindergarten, but I know if she was my teacher when I was five I'd feel absolutely horrible. You'd only like her if you were one of the "cuter" kids, which is really sad. I thought I was just imagining this, as I was fifteen when she first came to the school. But two years later, I can see I was right about her all along. Anyway, thanks for answering my questions.

[Hope75]

It sounds as though this is one of those situations where inappropriate and potentially dangerous behaviour caught up with her. If this is how she was behaving in her classroom, it could be a good thing if she has trouble finding a new teaching position.

[doyathink]

WOW...just...wow! How could any decent person deny a child food? I hope she never finds work where it involves a child being around her. How awful!

[Fallout]

Yeah good that she was fired...

[forza2]

I dont think that teacher can get a job as a teacher any time soon :S

[AwdreeHpburn]

yuck.

 

I hate that stuff. Even just hearing about it makes me nauseas. (sp?... Sick anyway)

 

And this is a mild case but still.......

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I hate her.

[NKP]

Thats is so cruel she should never be able to work with kids again.

 

Once when i was at primary school a teacher made a kid eat a sandwhich outta the bin, i dont think she ended staying there much longer tho

[BeStrongBeHappy]

Yep, starving a child all day as punishment is both abusive and potentially dangerous if the child has blood sugar problems or other medical conditions.

 

call the school principal, call the school board, don't put up with that for one second.