GASTONIA, North Carolina - December 5, 2011 - A Gastonia mother says her son was suspended for calling a teacher "cute”.
Chiquita Lockett said her 9-year-old son, Emanyea, spent the last two days at home.
Lockett said the principal of Brookside Elementary called her Wednesday to say the incident was a form of “sexual harassment”.
Emanyea told Eyewitness News a substitute teacher overheard him tell another student a teacher was cute.
Then he was suspended.
"It's not like he went up to the woman and tried to grab her or touch her in a sexual way," Lockett said. "So why would he be suspended for two days?”
A district spokeswoman said she could not go into detail, but said Emanyea was suspended for "inappropriate behavior" after making "inappropriate statements".
The district's Code of Conduct doesn't list "inappropriate behavior," but says "disruption of school" is punishable by five days of out-of-school suspension.
She said Monday she received a certified letter from the school system explaining why her son's actions were considered sexual harassment, but she has not yet been available to share or comment on the letter.
Ed. Note: Parents who refuse to take their children out of public school are bad parents and deserve to have their children taken from them!
Call the idiot pig school officials involved in this attack on free speech! Demand the resignation of the pig administrator that suspended this child.
Gastonia Independent School District
Superintendent L. Reeves McGlohon
704-866-6117
Brookside Elementary School
Principal Jerry Bostic
704-866-6283