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January 23, 2013

Letter to the Editor:

Mother expresses concerns

Anonymous Cordele Dispatch The Cordele Dispatch Wed Jan 23, 2013, 06:44 PM EST

Vienna — Editor:

I attended the Board of Education meeting Thursday, Jan. 17 in Dooly County. I wanted to voice my concerns about some of the things that are going on at Dooly County Middle School.

First of all, it’s against the law to take a child out of class and put him in another class that’s called the “problem” class. In my son’s class, more than two children were taken out.

It’s wrong for teachers not to allow a child to go to the restroom. If a child raises his hand to ask permission to go to the restroom, one teacher looks at the child, then turns his back and ignores the child.

If the child calls the teacher’s name or walks out of the classroom, his name is written on the board, and he’s sent to ISS (in-school suspension) or to the problem class.

I’m not angry only about my child. All children have to endure this treatment, but I speak out for all. I really don’t understand how we as parents let this mistreatment of our children go on for so long.

We send our children to school for an education, yet they are being bullied and picked on, not by other children, but by the adults who are supposed to be looking after them. If they raise their hands in some classes, they are sent out of those classes.

Our children shouldn’t get this treatment. If a close relative of the child is not friends with certain teachers, that child gets mistreated. There’s too much “buddy buddy” in the school system, and it must end soon.

My son’s asthma has been acting up, and come to find out, it’s stress from the school because of the way he’s been treated. My son came home and cried all night long, and I’m not putting up with it anymore.

I have talked to the teachers, the principal, superintendent and board members. I must move forward, and I will.

Tomika Chaney

Vienna

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