Dad calls from Iraq, son gets suspended
April 19, 2008
Eagles!
This is outrageous! Please e-mail or call these dunderheads in my home state of Texas!
Larry Bailey
http://www.parentdish.com/2008/04/16/dad-calls-from-iraq-son-gets-suspended/
Dad calls from Iraq, son gets suspended
Master Sgt. Morris Hill is serving his country in Iraq, a long way away from his beloved sons back in Texas. Luckily, these days, we have the means for people on opposite sides of the planet to talk to each other in real time, almost without regard to where they actually are. We have cell phones.
Unfortunately, the only time Hill could call his son Brandon was during the school day — a time when students are generally forbidden from using their cell phones. It would seem, however, that this situation would count as extraordinary circumstances and an exception could be made, but administrators disagree. Brandon was suspended for taking the call.
“He called me during class, because that’s the only time that he could,” Brandon said. “I answered the call as I was walking out of class. The teacher followed me out and said, ‘Oh what are you doing?’ I said my dad was calling from Iraq, and I know he needs to talk to me.” Brandon was sent to the office and given a two-day suspension.
The odd part is that the father had apparently made an arrangement in advance with the assistant principal to allow his sons to receive calls from him. “He had spoken with Mr. Fletcher,” said Pat Hill, the boys’ mother. “He thought there was an agreement understood that if he called either Joshua or Brandon at school, that everything was fine.”
“If this would have been the last phone call from my husband, and he’s in trouble for it and then has to deal with something happening to his dad that would be even harder,” Mrs. Hill added. “These schools have to stop and realize, especially when you are in a military community, we support our soldiers, we support our troops. What about them when they are in Iraq trying to reach their family?”
Mrs. Hill is trying to get the suspension removed from her son’s record, but the school says the matter is closed. Whether or not you support the United States’ actions overseas, you’ve got to understand that the soldiers are doing their job and that they and their families are still people — people who care very much about each other and have a need to stay in contact. It seems to me that the school could be more understanding on that point.
Let Copras Cove high School know what Veterans and Patriotic Americans think about their ignorant “rules.” And that we would like to see “the matter reopened” so that there is not a suspension on Brandon’s school record!
Copperas Cove
High School
400 S. 25th Street
Copperas Cove, Tx, 76522
Phone: 254- 547-2534
Fax 254- 547-9870
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Dr. Carol Saxenian- Principal saxenianc@ccisd.com Jimmy Shuck- Associate Principal |
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Richard Fletcher- Assistant Principal |
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Genie Jhingoor- Assistant Principal |
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Cynthia Kostroun- Assistant Principal
PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO ALL PATRIOTS! Call or E-Mail the above, Tell them to take the suspension OFF of Brandon Hill’s records! |
URL: http://www.parentdish.com/2008/04/16/dad-calls-from-iraq-son-gets-suspended/
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Below is my reply to the good Doctor and friends:
I am sorry the situation with Brandon and his intrepid father has occurred. Please understand that our Troops are serving our Country honorably and it is not always easy to have time to reach out to family. Please try to understand Brandon’s situation. If I were Brandon, I would have taken that call; and then I would have taken any kind of punishment you could dish out. Please put yourself in Brandon’s shoes for a minute. It is not like Brandon can go home and see his dad every night. Your consideration to remove the suspension from Brandon’s record would be greatly appreciated.
Going to email some friends too.
BTW: I received a failure to deliver message on the good Doctor’s email address, but the rest seem to go ok.
Texas Two-Step…The Wrong Way…
There’s been a dance of sorts going on in a town in Texas, and I do not like it. No, not one bit! A son got suspended from school for two days for answering a phone call from his father who is in Iraq risking his life. This may have been his last …….
April 22, 2008
Well folks, this is really unbelievable but this morning, all my emails bounced back once again to this high school. Called, talked to Angie the receptionist, told her I needed to SPEAK to someone and not a voicemail, and she puts me through to a voicemail and when I called back, the high school phone is now on voicemail!
So, I called the Administrative offices for that school, and guess what, they put me through to voice mail!!! I left messages everywhere that we represent a huge tropp support movement and we are not going away until they take this young man off suspension and allow him to take calls from his father. I left my phone number and asked for a call back.
Please make two phone calls today, one to the District office at 254-547-1227 and one to the High School at 254-547-2534. Let them know we are not going away! AND Please pass this info to everyone you know and ask them to make the calls. We’ve got to raise so much hell that Brandon’s father over in Iraq hears us! Can you imagine how Brandon’s father is feeling serving his country and told he cannot contact his son while in school!
Thanks
Beverly Perlson
The Band of Mothers