Susuto

I’m more confused than a liberal raised, fifteen year old finook in a high school boys locker room, right now. Had the school enforced the dress code, the ACLU would have been brought in on behalf of the family to defend it’s confused son for discrimination against the school and county. However, the school failed to enforce it’s dress code, and the school and district have a claim filed against them which will undoubtedly lead to a costly tax payer funded lawsuit anyway?

“….That put the feminine-dressing King at particular risk at a time when staff members knew he had “unique vulnerabilities” and was “susceptible to abuse” because of his perceived sexual orientation, the claim says…”

In my day, a student dressing like this would have been told to knock off with the dressing like a girlie, or he would have been sent home for being a disruption and distraction at school, and no one would have said, “boo”.

“….The family says educators knew the boy was at risk because he had been subjected to death threats at Hathaway School, an elementary campus he attended in Oxnard….”

Sounds like the problem was that of local law enforcement and parents. It is not the job of teachers to protect a student. Teachers aren’t even allowed to protect themselves from students. That’s another thread. The kid should have been kept at home by mommy & daddy for being a danger to himself through his actions. Teachers have OTHER students to teach and not enough time to babysit one confused misfit.

“….King had told friends he was gay, and he wore makeup, jewelry and high-heeled boots with his school uniform — something Dannenberg said the teen had the freedom to do under his First Amendment rights..”

Yelling “FIRE!” in a crowded theater is not protected by the first amendment. Neither is a boy who dresses like a go-go girl in school. Both actions are disruptive and endanger people. In this case, King’s style of dress endangered him. The impending suit should be thrown out as being frivolous.

“….Assistant Principal Joy Epstein, the only person named in the complaint, is accused of encouraging the boy to wear “women’s clothing, shoes and makeup.” She created an environment of “perceived safety” for King when “in fact she could not and did not protect Larry from the threats and ultimate death,” the claim says…”

You’re damned if you do, damned if you don’t, vice-principal Epstein. You should have sent the little homo home until he observed the dress code, and you should have sent anyone home who knowingly threatened him/her and called the cops on those kids too.

“…..County government is accused not only of failing to control King’s dress at school but also of improperly supervising the boy….”

More tax money for schools! We need a 2:1 teacher to student ratio in public schools! That’ll keep ‘em safe!

“….Officials should have educated him at the Casa Pacifica shelter, where he would have been safe, instead of sending him to E.O. Green, the complaint alleges….”

It is my understanding that gays want to be mainstreamed into society, through legislative force if they must. Would not have placing this boy/girl to be educated in a shelter been more costly to the taxpayer, and seen as discriminatory against him, had it be done? Why don’t we just assign a secret service detail for each GLBT student in each public school. That IS what they expect in special treatment.

The lawyer who is encouraging this family to enrich him through this suit should be disbarred and the family’s suit thrown out as frivolous. This is absolutely bananas!