Judge won't readmit four students involved in slavery petition

[Sherman A1]

A federal judge declined to lift the expulsion or suspensions handed out to four suburban Kansas City high school students who were disciplined for their involvement in an online petition to “start slavery again.”

U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Bough acknowledged in his ruling Tuesday that the four students from Park Hill South High School will likely suffer harm if they aren’t allowed to return to the school immediately or ever, in one student’s case. But he said their lawsuit was unlikely to succeed on the merits of its claims if the case went to trial, radio station KCUR reported.

The four ninth-graders sued the Park Hill school district and several administrators after one was expelled and three others were suspended for 180 days over the online petition.

A district spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment and it wasn’t clear when the suspended students would be allowed to return to school.

https://krcgtv.com/news/local/judge-wont-readmit-four-students-involved-in-slavery-petition

[Deuxcents]

1. 9th graders?!

How old are ya in the 9th grade??some serious education is needed here n it’s loud n clear and during their suspension is as good a time as any.

[musclecar6]

2. Those

Fools must like living dangerously. Course the modern day Republican party will be rolling out the red carpet for them.

[modrepub]

3. Cyber Charter

written all over this one. Parents are probably thrilled. Good life lesson I guess.

[kimbutgar]

4. I was looking for a book for my class for black history month

And found a book I brought years ago, If you lived when there was slavery in America. I brought on scholastic years ago in 2004. The book would be banned big time now by those ignorant racists and the teacher in me would love to send those 4 kids a copy and make them write a report on what they read. The book did not whitewash the evils of slavery. It was pretty straightforward about the hard lives slaves faced and how slavery was cruel and created great hardships on the slaves.

[keithbvadu2]

5. Wonder if any of their ancestry was held in slavery?

Wonder if any of their ancestry was held in slavery?

Not all slaves were black.