Suspension for passing gas???

[ima062002]

This is just too much...

LAKELAND, Fla. — An eighth-grader was suspended from riding the school bus for three days after being accused of passing gas. The bus driver wrote on a misbehavior form that a 15-year-old teen passing gas on the bus Monday to make the other children laugh, creating a stench so bad that it was difficult to breathe. The bus driver handed the teen the suspension form the next day.

Polk County school officials said there's no rule against flatulence, but there are rules against causing a disturbance on the bus.

The teen said he wasn't the one passing gas.

Whether he did it or not, he might have gotten off easy. A 13-year-old student at a Stuart school was arrested in November after authorities said he broke wind in class.

How much wind did this kid have to fill a whole farkin SCHOOLBUS with an odor so foul it was hard to breathe. How about mouth breathing? Or pulling over and opening the door for a minute if the windown's cannot be opened.

How about reacting NORMALLY and not suspend a kid for farting!

Oh and I am not even gonna get started about that other kid who got arrested. I guess they don't have any real crime in that town.

[Crabbie]

Wow. Just wow.

[JudyJudyJudy]

Having dealt with kids who farted on purpose in class, I don't think the bus suspension was over the top. However, I can't imagine an arrest; I'd love to hear the story behind that.

[JudyJudyJudy]

I got irritated in most schools in which I taught because discipline issues were rarely handled, but this is definitely over the top:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27898395/

Student arrested for 'passing gas' at Fla. school
Sheriff's report says the boy was 'disrupting his classroom environment'

updated 9:47 p.m. ET, Mon., Nov. 24, 2008

STUART, Fla. - A student at a Florida school has been arrested after authorities said he was "passing gas" and turning off his classmates' computers.

According to a report released Friday by the Martin County Sheriff's Office, the 13-year-old boy "continually disrupted his classroom environment" by intentionally breaking wind. He then shut off some computers other students were using.

The Spectrum Junior-Senior High School student was arrested Nov. 4.

A school resource officer placed the boy under arrest after he confessed about his behavior, according to the report. He was charged with disruption of school function and released to his mother.

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I remember the school bus being very stuffy and personally have smelled farts.

As for this story, if he was doing it repeatedly (I've always been amazed at people that can fart at will...) to make students laugh, that is a disturbance and suspension doesn't sound OTT. If it is just a kid with gas issues, that isn't disturbing on purpose. That's one time a video cam would come on handy.

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I missed the part about arrest in the other story. That is definitely OTT.

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This is just too much...



How much wind did this kid have to fill a whole farkin SCHOOLBUS with an odor so foul it was hard to breathe. How about mouth breathing? Or pulling over and opening the door for a minute if the windown's cannot be opened.

How about reacting NORMALLY and not suspend a kid for farting!

Oh and I am not even gonna get started about that other kid who got arrested. I guess they don't have any real crime in that town.


Normally? If it's true the child was doing it on purpose for the purpose of making the kids whoop and laugh (I'm sure you've seen a kid do things like this in class or on the bus) ,what do you expect the bus driver to do? It is different than just a kid farting when they can't help it (if what bus driver says is true). Personally, I'd rather not have kids on my child's bus that are disruptive because I think it's a safety issue. The bus driver needs to be able to focus on the road and getting kids safely transported. They should not have to yell over kids and be distracted. Now, if someone just farts,that's different.

[QuiltyConscience]

Did the farts cause the computers to shut down?

I have witnessed the farting capabilities of teen boys in the classroom, and some are pretty darn rank. I guess some people can conjure up a good poot at will. I can see putting somebody out of class fora bit to maybe go to the bathroom and get things under control, but all of that is preety silly.

[jessiehannan]

IF the bus driver is constantly haveing to see what an uproar is about, then I don't see it is as being OTT. I would rather he pay attention to the road than a disruptive child.

If the boy has serious digestive issues that cause gas, I feel for him, and he shouldn't have been arrested and suspended.

My husband can fill up my living with stinky gas in one fart. I am fairly sure that my living room has more square footage than a bus. It gets bad enough sometimes that it wakes me from a dead sleep, gagging and running for another room.

[QuiltyConscience]

An eighth-grader was suspended from riding the school bus for three days after being accused of passing gas. The bus driver wrote on a misbehavior form that a 15-year-old teen passing gas on the bus Monday to make the other children laugh, creating a stench so bad that it was difficult to breathe. The bus driver handed the teen the suspension form the next day.

Polk County school officials said there's no rule against flatulence, but there are rules against causing a disturbance on the bus.

The teen said he wasn't the one passing gas.

I suppose it be hard to prove. Can you imagine going to court over this?

"He who smelt it; dealt it, your honor. The defense rests."

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I don't think the first boy was arrested, was he,Jessie? I thought the arrest was from the second story at the end. Wait..was that the same kid?!

Q, I've known a dude or two that can rip one at will. I don't get how it's possible. And yep, some poots can be very rank. Gosh, my own son has inherited the F men's farts. They are absolutely horrendous. Every single male on DH's dad's side has them. shudder. I can't imagine one of them on a stuffy ole school bus.

[JudyJudyJudy]

I suspect there were 10 witnesses who said he did it.

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I suppose it be hard to prove. Can you imagine going to court over this?

"He who smelt it; dealt it, your honor. The defense rests."


lnfao

[jessiehannan]

I don't think the first boy was arrested, was he,Jessie? I thought the arrest was from the second story at the end. Wait..was that the same kid?!

Q, I've known a dude or two that can rip one at will. I don't get how it's possible. And yep, some poots can be very rank. Gosh, my own son has inherited the F men's farts. They are absolutely horrendous. Every single male on DH's dad's side has them. shudder. I can't imagine one of them on a stuffy ole school bus.

You're right. I can't read tonight. I think it is time for bed. The arrest was OTT, but I don't think the suspension was, if it was done intentionally.

Maybe I will make more sense in the morning. :p

[QuiltyConscience]

Oh I know it can be bad. I used to Interpret for some of the kids on the football team. A lot of the deafies didn't know when their farts were ..audible so they'd let one rip, wait a few seconds and look around and sign"Who farted?"

Slick. IF everyone else in the room is deaf.

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ha!That is a good one.

I'll never understand the fascination that some boys have with farting and arm pit farting. And maybe that's sexist of me. But seriously, how many girls do you know that sit around and have queefing contests?

[JudyJudyJudy]

I had female friends in seventh grade who used to have farting contests when we were supposed to be running track.

As for males, I'm the proud step-great-aunt of the winner of the armpit-farting contest at the 2008 Redneck Games. :o

[QuiltyConscience]

I don't think it's sexist. Guys do seem to enjoy farting more. Get a bunch of guys together and they will bond over a good fart, and tell stories about it for years.

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And talk about what's IN the toilet, too. I did have a girlfriend that also did this. I've just heard more guys do the farting and poop talk.

[Sameach]

I know I always come down on the school's side with stories like this--it's inevitible being a former teacher who is married to a principal--but a 4 sentence news brief NEVER gives the full story. News outlets LOVE the "bad, bad school" angle. I'll just say that 99% of the time administrators, teachers, bus drivers, counselors, custodians, and anyone else who works in a school are NOT out to "get" kids. Believe me. The logistical, paperwork, and usually legal bullshit that my husband has to deal with when he has to suspend, much less ARREST a student, can create months and months of headaches for him. He would much prefer to just go about his day observing teachers, facilitating instruction, forming relationships with kids, and supervising athletic events.

The way I see it is in both of those situations the child was likely creating such a scene that reasonable instruction (or child transport) was not possible. The child was disciplined, got angry and belligerent, and the situation became escalated enough that the school resource officer had to be called.

Just my 2c!!

[Justicedog]

I think the suspension from the school bus was fair. He wasn't suspended from school, he was misbehaving on the bus, so he doesn't get the privilege of using it. Perfectly reasonable.

The arrest story seems like it was more than the kid farting, but as Sameach suggested, what sounds better to focus on for a paper.

[EvilAmy]

I would have demanded that the busdriver be suspended, after all we all know that he that smelt it, dealt it.

[Givebac]

I suppose it might be to much to simply ask him to stop farting or risk bus suspension? I know exactly what my bus driver would have done. 1) Ask the person to stop 2) If the farting continued they would be moved to the seat right behind the bus driver 3) Call his parents. I really can't imagine the kid continuing to fart sitting right behind the driver and seperated from his buddies. If the kid gets back on the bus and continues to fart after his parents were called then she'd issue a suspension. I had a really awesome bus driver though, it wasn't just a job to her. She even came to my graduation party.

[KatieLou]

I would have demanded that the busdriver be suspended, after all we all know that he that smelt it, dealt it.


LOL!

[Coconuts71]

I suppose it might be to much to simply ask him to stop farting or risk bus suspension? I know exactly what my bus driver would have done. 1) Ask the person to stop 2) If the farting continued they would be moved to the seat right behind the bus driver 3) Call his parents. I really can't imagine the kid continuing to fart sitting right behind the driver and seperated from his buddies. If the kid gets back on the bus and continues to fart after his parents were called then she'd issue a suspension. I had a really awesome bus driver though, it wasn't just a job to her. She even came to my graduation party.


How do you know they didn't? Usually there is a lot that leads up to bus suspension. Detention, single day suspension, 5 day suspension, 10 day suspension.

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I suppose it might be to much to simply ask him to stop farting or risk bus suspension? I know exactly what my bus driver would have done. 1) Ask the person to stop 2) If the farting continued they would be moved to the seat right behind the bus driver 3) Call his parents. I really can't imagine the kid continuing to fart sitting right behind the driver and seperated from his buddies. If the kid gets back on the bus and continues to fart after his parents were called then she'd issue a suspension. I had a really awesome bus driver though, it wasn't just a job to her. She even came to my graduation party.


He probably did. I highly doubt he just suspended w/o telling the kid to stop disrupting first. The paper isn't really getting to any of the details. I mean, it's possible that he did not,but any bus driver I've had has given warnings before taking action.There just isn't enough info.

[QuiltyConscience]

I know I always come down on the school's side with stories like this--it's inevitible being a former teacher who is married to a principal--but a 4 sentence news brief NEVER gives the full story. News outlets LOVE the "bad, bad school" angle. I'll just say that 99% of the time administrators, teachers, bus drivers, counselors, custodians, and anyone else who works in a school are NOT out to "get" kids. Believe me. The logistical, paperwork, and usually legal bullshit that my husband has to deal with when he has to suspend, much less ARREST a student, can create months and months of headaches for him. He would much prefer to just go about his day observing teachers, facilitating instruction, forming relationships with kids, and supervising athletic events.

The way I see it is in both of those situations the child was likely creating such a scene that reasonable instruction (or child transport) was not possible. The child was disciplined, got angry and belligerent, and the situation became escalated enough that the school resource officer had to be called.

Just my 2c!!


I know there is always more to the story. And yes, Many times an article does focus on just one side of things and leaves out a lot of relevant details.

[JulieBaby]

LMAO, this thread is hilarious!