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о ўhилhыеhъе
By Ben Fenwick
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - An Oklahoma high school suspended a
15-year-old student after accusing her of casting a magic spell that
caused a
teacher to become sick, lawyers for the student said on Friday.
The American Civil Liberties Union said it had filed a lawsuit in U.S.
District Court in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on
behalf of student Brandi Blackbear, charging that the assistant
principal of Union Intermediate High School in
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, suspended her for 15 days last December for
supposedly casting a spell.
The suit also charged the Tulsa-area Union Public Schools with
repeatedly violating Blackbear's civil rights by
seizing notebooks she used to write horror stories and barring her from
drawing or wearing signs of the pagan
religion Wicca.
``It's hard for me to believe that in the year 2000 I am walking into
court to defend my daughter against charges
of witchcraft brought by her own school,'' said Timothy Blackbear,
Brandi's father. His daughter is now a 10th
grader.
Joann Bell, executive director of the ACLU's Oklahoma chapter, said the
``outlandish accusations'' had made
Blackbear's life at school unbearable.
``I, for one, would like to see the so-called evidence this school has
that a 15-year-old girl made a grown man
sick by casting a magic spell,'' Bell said.
A lawyer for the school district declined to comment.
The lawsuit, filed on Thursday, alleges that Blackbear was summoned to
the office of assistant principal Charlie
Bushyhead last December after a teacher fell ill, and was questioned
about her interest in Wicca.
According to the lawsuit, Brandi Blackbear had read a library book about
Wicca beliefs and, under aggressive
interrogation by Bushyhead, said she might be a Wiccan. In fact,
Blackbear is a Roman Catholic, according to
the newspaper Tulsa World.
``The interview culminated with Defendant Bushyhead accusing Plaintiff,
Brandi Blackbear, of casting spells
causing (a teacher at the school) ... to be sick and to be
hospitalized,'' the lawsuit said.
The lawsuit stated that because of the ``unknown cause'' of the
teacher's illness, Bushyhead advised the
15-year-old girl ''that she was an immediate threat to the school and
summarily suspended her for what he
arbitrarily determined to be a disruption of the education process.''
Doug Mann, the school district's attorney, declined to comment, saying
laws protecting the school records of
juveniles barred him and the district from responding outside of court.
``It's totally unfair that we are gagged by federal and state law and
they can say anything they want,'' Mann
said. ``If the parents will sign a release for what's in the girl's
files, we will talk about the true facts.''
The lawsuit alleged Blackbear's civil rights also were violated when
school officials prohibited her from wearing
or drawing in school any symbols related to Wicca, a religion that dates
back to pre-Christian nature worship.
The ACLU is seeking an undisclosed amount of punitive and financial
damages for Blackbear, a declaration
that the school violated the girl's rights, an injunction preventing the
school from banning the wearing of any
non-Christian religious paraphernalia and an order expunging her school
record.
Dave
о ўhилhыеhъе <ch...@nonline.net> wrote in message
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Bobby Bearden
>
> By Ben Fenwick
>
> OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - An Oklahoma high school suspended a
>
> 15-year-old student after accusing her of casting a magic spell that
> caused a
>
> teacher to become sick, lawyers for the student said on Friday.
>
One of the schools here banned the showing of Smurf cartoons a few years ago
and last year banned the "witchcraft" Pokemon game. At the same time they're
putting up signs bragging about their championship level football and
basketball teams when everyone knows half the kids are using steroids (by
the admission of two of the atheletes).
I despise these backwards bastards and am tempted to cast a spell of
feeblemindedness on them. No, wait! It's already been done!
Bobby
Renee
When I was in high school, we weren't permitted to wear any kind of
clothing that promoted rock bands or musical groups. They would also
call our parents if they felt that the way our hair was cut was
disrupting class. They should have been happy that the kids were going
to school and all, and doing that without opening fire on their fellow
classmates.
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о ўhилhыеhъе
>
> and doing that without opening fire on their fellow
> classmates
In America, more kids die each year from playing football in school than
they do from guns.
i cheehuahua
SkippyPB
enlightened us:
This is truly bizarre. Chee keep us informed of the progress of this
case if you can.
From the sounds of their names, they sound like Native American
Indians and I'm pretty sure that Broken Arrow is an Indian
reservation. If true, the school district is way off base. American
Indians are given special protections when it comes to religion and
religious talismans. Not that Wicca is an American Indian religion,
but it is a religion. Wicca is not witchcraft either. Besides, how
can you take anything a guy named Bushyhead says seriously?
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Renee
I'm not saying that they don't. I knew people who were seriously
injured from playing football. I'm just saying that I believe that they
should quit focusing on the things like clothing and other similar
insignificant things. I don't know if you heard this, but a few years
ago I remember seeing on the news a story about a girl who was
suspended from school for wearing black lipstick. She wasn't a trouble
maker or anything. I guess she just wanted to make some kind of a
fashion statement.I just think something like that is ridiculous.
gary nichols
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i agree, it's getting ridiculous. i read in the paper a few weeks ago, about
an 11 year old girl who was suspended from school for having a pair of
fingernail cutters in her purse. that, imo, is insane. when i was in school,
the local police twice had county wide drug busts, keeping all the students
in class, bringing in dogs, and in general, putting on a very good rendition
of the gestapo. and guess where they found drugs? yep, in the personal
vehicles of two teachers and one assistant principal. what a waste of time
and money. imo, people shouldn't worry about the kids with fingernail
clippers in their purse, or the kid that wears a different shade of
lipstick. they should weed out the troublemakers, boot their asses out of
school, and worry more about giving these kids a decent education. i am very
much in favor of george bush's proposal to give parents an alternative to
public schools. we used to joke about how horseshit teachers were when i
went to school. as a parent, it's one of the few things i see today as i did
then. seeing kids suspended for outrageous garbage, shows me where alot of
teachers and principals priorities are. and it isn't with educating the
kids, imo.
gary
Dave
This fact shouldn't even be an issue - NO kids should die ANY Year at ANY
school because of guns.
Paul Cassel
for and strongly support Bush.
-paul
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are.
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о ўhилhыеhъе
>
> This is the reason my daughter goes to private school and why I will vote
> for and strongly support Bush.
Paul, American political part aside here, but I think private schools is
a very sound invesment. Of course that is if you take the time to make
sure you are paying for a school that is an excellent product. Still, I
don't think anyone should have to pay extra for schooling. The
governments worldwide need to spend every penny possible on education.
Every mind that is educated with the best we have to offer is usually
something that works to our advantage in Society. It's a shame that our
public schools aren't equiped properly. I know what Paul is talking
about...you look into the eyes of your child...and you know education is
the key for every single piece of success your child will have. Luck is
for fools...who needs luck with a decent education?
i cheehuahua
о ўhилhыеhъе
>
> Besides, how
> can you take anything a guy named Bushyhead says seriously?
>
What I wouldn't pay just to hang out in that school for one day and to
hear the top ten jokes on a guy named Bushyhead. Is it just me...or
everytime you read the name Bushyhead...do you laugh as well? Damn,
sounds like a reject screen name for a guy who posts from webTv.
Hey...what am I laughing about...can you imagine,
Principal I. Cheehuahua?
i chee-Bushyhead LO fuckin L!!! I swear I am like a kid laughing at
fart noises over here everytime I say BUSHYHEAD!!!!! LOL!
gary nichols
Paul Cassel <pcas...@home.com> wrote in message
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> This is the reason my daughter goes to private school and why I will vote
> for and strongly support Bush.
>
> -paul
>
that's just one of the reasons i support bush. i could give you a hundred
examples of what i consider " bullshit' that goes on at my oldest son's
school. imo, in 7 years, he has had two teachers that cared about the kids.
i continuosly hear about how these teachers
in west virginia are underpaid, so i did a little research. and i found that
a teacher with a master's degree makes on average, fifty thousand bucks a
year in this state. imo, that's not a bad salary at all. and they piss and
moan for raises. in the meantime, the restrooms at my son's school smell
like an outhouse, they don't have enough supplies, and the faculty at the
school is more worried about having a damned parking lot paved then teaching
the kids. i went to one pta meeting this year, and on advice of my wife,
didn't attend another. if i had, it would have been a profanity laced tirade
at these people who are running this school. the alternative is a christian
school, just a few blocks from my house. it is a new building, and several
of the ladies that teach there went to school with me, as does the
principal. i know these people care about the kids, and next year, when my
youngest son starts school, both will go there. i'm not a church going
person, neither is my wife, but we reconize the fact that our children will
get a better education at the christian school. i support george w's plan to
give us extra money to send our kids there, and even if his plan falls
through,
i will gladly pay the bucks to get them what i believe is the best
education. the alternative is to allow them to remain in public school,
where politics and bullshit aren't teaching the kids one damn thing, imo,
and getting a select few a hefty paycheck, which again imo, that are no
where close to earning.
gary
SkippyPB
enlightened us:
>This is the reason my daughter goes to private school and why I will vote
>for and strongly support Bush.
>
>-paul
>
Why so she can memorize a state test but fail the national test?
>"gary nichols" <gn...@wirefire.com> wrote in message
>news:t0144je...@news.supernews.com...
>>
>> > much in favor of george bush's proposal to give parents an alternative
>to
>> public schools. we used to joke about how horseshit teachers were when i
>> went to school. as a parent, it's one of the few things i see today as i
>did
>> then. seeing kids suspended for outrageous garbage, shows me where alot of
>> teachers and principals priorities are. and it isn't with educating the
>> kids, imo.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> gary
>>
>>
>
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Ruddell
<2268479FA67423AD.694F0F1B...@lp.airnews.net>,
swie...@neo.rr.com.nospam says...
> On Wed, 01 Nov 2000 22:33:49 GMT, "Paul Cassel" <pcas...@home.com>
> enlightened us:
>
> >This is the reason my daughter goes to private school and why I will vote
> >for and strongly support Bush.
> >
> >-paul
> >
> Why so she can memorize a state test but fail the national test?
I believe his point is so she can go to school and get an education
first, then maybe pick up some logic along the way as well...
> First guy (proudly): "My wife's an angel."
> Second guy: "You're lucky, mine's still alive."
You use women's jokes as a sig file and expect to be taken seriously when
a topic like this is brought up?
Dennis
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