Clown Posse fans face expulsion in Edgerton
The two Edgerton High School students arrested Oct. 4 for allegedly making threats at school face an expulsion hearing before the Edgerton School Board tonight, the mother of one of the students said. Matthew Richardson and Kristina Schneider-Hendron, both 17, were arrested after a week of controversy over a school ban on Insane Clown Posse clothing. The two students participated in a peaceful protest outside the school Oct. 1. Days later, Superintendent Norm Fjelstad said he had received threatening e-mails and phone calls from purported Insane Clown Posse fans in New York. Richardson and Schneider-Hendron were arrested the next day after a staff member reported overhearing a threatening conversation, said Lt. Bob Bolgrihn with the Edgerton Police Department. They were released Oct. 5, and the district attorney does not intend to press charges, a spokeswoman for the office said last week. The public notice for the expulsion hearing said it was “a result of a student engaged in conduct while at school which endangered the property, health or safety of others, by making statements affecting the lives of other students on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2007.” The school district declined to name the two students involved in the hearing, but Schneider-Hendron’s mother, Jennifer Hendron, confirmed that the students were Richardson and her daughter.
Oct 23, 2007 at 12:20 p.m.
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Yep, this problem of children acting out and expressing anger can only be solved by putting down other parents you don't think measure up to your standards. Way to go!
High School is a hellish snakepit if you aren't a fifi muffy preppy clone, and even then it still has horrendous pressure. We expect kids to flourish and learn in an environment they are never confortable in?
I remember how effective this tactic was when I was a teenager- my mother screaming and wailing, "WHAT WILL PEOPLE THINK?" in an effort to get me to change my dress and behavior. It didn't- because I knew that she didn't care about me, just about what others said. And that is the LAST thing teens live for- they are learning their own values and the measure of their selves.
Parents, of course, are responsible for their children's care, safety and actions. But you can't deny that once they get to public school, a good part of your authority is taken away and assumed by the school.
Oct 23, 2007 at 6:22 a.m.
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I believe this is a direct reflection on the parents. When the kids are listening to music, watching movies, etc., where are the parents? Do these parents know who their kids have as friends, and how they spend their time? If you can't abide by the rules, maybe try a field trip to the county jail.
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