So now we want to change the rules because we don’t like them. It’s a pretty clear rule at Shelton High School. If you get suspended from school, you are not allowed to attend the prom. Seems like a reasonable rule. If you want to go to the prom, don’t so something that would get you suspended.
I am not in favor of changing rules just because a whole bunch of people don’t like them. It’s a slippery slope for sure. What happens the next time a kid at Shelton gets suspended? Do we change another rule? We might have to, because anyone could make the case that a precedent has been set.
I believe we have marginalized our teachers and educators to the extent that they have almost no authority to discipline our kids when they act inappropriately. And now we want to remove what little authority they have left by telling them the rules they do have in place aren’t really rules, they’re just suggestions, to be massaged and maneuvered by anyone who thinks the rule is wrong.
