Classic liberal double standard...

Unfortunately I see this type of reaction as generally typical of the treatment of students in Public Schools. If you aren't a member of a "protected" minority (varies based on community) you are on you own. The administration will not protect your child. If you child dares to express a non-politically correct sentiment, anything that might happen in retaliation is ignored. It is never a crime if multiple minority students beat up on a single white student.

We had similar problems in Middle School and found the only way to get the administration to positively react was to call the police to report an assault, and/or call CPS about child endangerment (risky, with CPS though, they are not always on the side of the child or parent).

Ultimately we got smart and pulled my daughter out of public school.

I am wondering if the school officials couldn't be charged with child abuse? That might set a new tone in schools.

Cassy: Both you and Michelle failed failed to mention that the gang assault happened at a school about 12 miles south of Dallas, TX. I think its important to note that problems all across the country continue in areas where local officials openly support illegal immigration.

those kids parents are probably illegal themselves.bout the only thing i see coming out of this is the admin bozo,s will try and sweep this under the rug.

Imagine this whole story with one simple difference - her poster said "If you love women, keep abortion legal" Can anyone imagine the school officials reacting in the same way?

Mexicans attack white, school administrators Mexican, so they could care less. That's all folks. I hate lawyers and lawsuits but this sounds like a million dollar one that will allow the attacked to attend private school. Anyone want to be the camera's will all of a sudden have been out of service.

I don't know that the subject of her poster is relevant to the school's reaction. Because the reaction of the school seems pretty typical.

We put our children in situations where *adult* options for dealing with other people are suppressed and we call it "real life" and scoff at those who homeschool for failing to subject their children to this essential training for dealing with the "real world."

But it's not "real" in any sense other than it being real for the strange micro-climate of traditional classroom schooling...

If you were assaulted by a group of your co-workers you could, at the very *least*, leave. You could leave. Even if your employer did not defend you or punish those who grabbed you (can you even *imagine* someone jumping on your back at work?) or fire them or call the police... you could leave.

And refusing a request to call your parents is never ever acceptable. I don't care if the *reason* is something silly. "I want to call my parents" should not even involve the word "why?" it should only involve the words, "here is the phone."

"And the students responsible for this attack should be expelled, plain and simple."

More than likely, they should be deported, plain and simple.

Fuck expelling and deporting them, they threatened to rape and kill her. Isn't that a crime in Texas?

Remember folks, the staff at a government school is trained to handle the education of your children better than you, so it's understandable how you could be so confused about how they are handling this. Obviously, they are using some form of reverse criminology, where they don't prosecute the crime in hopes that the students will punish themselves.

Surprised you all didn't see that.

So, is this a hate crime then?

So, is this a hate crime then?

According to what seems to be the current trend, this can't be a hate crime. It was perpatrated against a defenseless white girl, by an "agrieved" minority. Therefore, it can't be a hate crime. She is lucky they haven't decided to charge HER with "Hate Speech" or some such crime.

Maybe in that school Freedom of Speech is only protected if it isn't English?

I live in Connecticut. We have our share of "lowlifes" coming in all colors. And since the politicans protects "minorities" "poor" "welfare" "crimmals" etc...they run around like they own the place. The disobey every driving law on the book, dirty as hell, beat up noisy cars, garbage all over the place, trying to intimate everyone, live in places a cockroach would refuse-because they mess the property up, always thinking a hand out is rightfully theirs and on and on.
I don't know what is the biggest threat:
islamic terrorists, illegal immigration, the growing population of lowlife, or our own politicans.

Gosh, I'm shocked that she wasn't expelled for being involved in a fight!

Folks, pull your kids out of the government schools. HOMESCHOOL!

How does homeschooling prepare kids for the social trials and tribulations of college? And how are both partners expected to earn an income if one of them has to be an at-home educator?

Not really suitable for most people, Candy.

"How does homeschooling prepare kids for the social trials and tribulations of college?"

Very well. They don't have to unlearn all the crap that got them through high school and so avoid the college upset of having to learn how to be grown up.

"And how are both partners expected to earn an income if one of them has to be an at-home educator?"

Planning and/or priorities. Incomes are like closets. Expenses expand to fit them. Unless you've no closet space at all, you go with what is most important to you.

update (3 students suspended):

http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_Student_Attacked_after_Taking_Anti_Immigration_Sign_to_School_16165.html

Let kids screw up and learn from said screw-ups in high school. It will be less expensive for you if they have to repeat a course there than at NYU. Also, if I had a daughter, I wouldn't want her first experiences with boys and booze and other sinister temptations to be far from home, in the company of older men.

As for being okay with a single income, why? If I'm going to have kids, they're going to grow up in a nice neighborhood in a cosmopolitan city, go to good colleges, and travel. Raising well-rounded worldly adults should be every parent's priority, and having dual professional incomes is the surest way to provide for these expenses. Comingling with an ethnographically diverse student population in a public school is one of the easiest ways for a child to gain a better understanding of reality than they could ever get at home--but it has to be a safe environment, and that's why I hope that these cretinous fucks be charged with uttering death threats.

"...received lots of e-mails from far-away places."

This person sounds like he/she just realized what the internet is.

And anyway, suspensions? If anyone can verify that they threatened to rape and kill her, then one would hope their impromptu vacation ("suspensions" from learning and responsibility--oh, the horror!) would dovetail with time in prison.

Basically, she was beaten for making a sign that said, "Please enforce the law." Wow!

I'm considered a liberal, and this is unforgivable.

Melanie said a group of boys also threatened to rape and kill her. Eventually, the boys let her go and when she went for help, she was ordered back to class, and told she could not call her parents, she said.

WTF! I don't even know where to start. Why does it appear that the administration is actively working to keep this girl in danger?

I'd like to know "the rest of the story." Why did the administrators not think this incident was serious? What is this girl's history? Does she lie?

If all of the events in this article are accurately portrayed, some students need to be expelled, probably deported, and possibly brought up on charges; and some administrators need to be disciplined as well.

I hope there's more to this story than is given in this article. I would hope adults would not act so negligently regarding the safety of a student. Wow!

Does there seem to be a plethora of news about violent teens lately? Cheerleaders beat up a girl for youtube. A female student beats on a teacher, which is again filmed for you tube. A girl is beaten and threatened for making a sign to fulfill an assignment. It seems that our schools are the least safe place for kids. Even in the light of the monetary sacrifices, homeschooling is starting to look like not only the best option, but the only safe option.

And...for those who think homeschooling doesn't prepare kids socially, research shows that most homeschooled kids perform better academically AND socially in college and the working world, probably because they don't have to deal with the barely supervised world of chaos and mediocrity we call public schools. If you don't believe me, do some research. Homeschooling works.

They threatened to rape and kill Her? They sound like Islamists? Sue the F out of the school and deport the illegals.

Don't have the adequate vocabulary to comment on this in socially acceptable terms. Guess I'll just go for a walk.

Get a lawyer and sue the hell out of everyone in sight.

O'Reilly will be all over this I bet. I'd like to hear Geraldo's comments (snort)....

That's why I love Bill O'Reilly. The people's whistleblower. Doing the job the mainstream media wouldn't dare.

Speaking of illegal immigration - that black football player who was killed by an illegal hispanic gang member in LA? They're holding a protest and speaking to the city council. Think that will be on ABC, CBS or NBC?

Nah.

Great. Just f'in great. Schools will call the cops on a 5 year old that slapped a girl on the butt, but not on a gang of thugs who threaten a girl and slam her face into a brick wall? I don't want expulsion, I want a few weeks in the county jail for these animals. Then we can send them back to Mexico, wether they came from there or not.

False Report Charge For Girl In Athens School Attack

New developments today in the case of a supposed beating of a student from Athens ISD.

13 year old Melanie Bowers is having charges filed against her by Athens ISD today through the Henderson County District Attorney's office for filing a false report, said Athens ISD officials today...

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Remember the Alamo. No quarter mister.

Bowers' parents have apologized to school administrators for their daughter, and Bowers' father, Gary Bower Jr., is agreeing with the charges against her. "I have reviewed the recording and agree with the charges that will need to be filed," he has said today.
Melanie's mother, Shera Bowers, released a statement which reads, "I see my daughter was not assaulted, and put the marks on her body. No gang violence as witnessed. She filed a false report."

Well, I give her parents some credit there. When I worked security I saw plenty of families that rallied behind their loved ones despite any hard evidence, like store security footage.

That's a regular thread-stopper there, thumbelina.

OK everybody, back under the rock, the light will be off again soon.

Oh for fuck's sake, I feel like a complete retard.

Odd. I've labored under the assumption, that you've always felt that way, since you first starting posting here.

Funniest comments ever!!! Thanks SO MUCH.

OK, I take it back - she should have her head slammed against a wall. Then we can deport her to Mexico, where she can try to explain her actions.

Stupid, stupid girl. This will probably be all over the news, but of course when liberal professors get caught with fake hate crimes, it never is.

I admire the rightwing blogs for calling her out on this when we found out.

You'd never see that on leftwing blogs.

That Columbia professor's fake hate crime hoax hasn't been talked about since.

Knucklehead of the day award for this one. No question.

"It should've been obvious to anybody, even the most Mexiphobic, that people don't get away with threatening to rape and murder 13 year old girls on school property."

They got away with it in the case of my daughter. In fact, she had a witness and the school did nothing. Of course, the three boys in question didn't threaten to kill her - only to rape her.