Dear Members

I know this is 'off topic' but you just have to read the letter
(Below) I found in one of the google groups I am a member of.
Its totally outrageous!, can you imagine that you father is in the
army working on the front lines in a war, then the school where his
children are, do something like this...READ the letter below, you
will be SHOCKED!
I think everyone should write to the school, and give them a piece
of their minds (as I have done).

Regards
Geraldine

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READ THIS!

Message: school suspends soldier's child for taking call dad's from
Iraq
Published Today at 9:35 p.m. Parent Dish
by Roger Sinasohn
Apr 16th 2008
Master Sgt. Morris Hill is serving his country in Iraq, a long way
away from his beloved sons back in Texas. Luckily, these days, we
have the means for people on opposite sides of the planet to talk to
each other in real time, almost without regard to where they
actually are. We have cell phones.

Unfortunately, the only time Hill could call his son Brandon was
during the school day -- a time when students are generally
forbidden from using their cell phones. It would seem, however, that
this situation would count as extraordinary circumstances and an
exception could be made, but administrators disagree. Brandon was
suspended for taking the call.

"He called me during class, because that's the only time that he
could," Brandon said. "I answered the call as I was walking out of
class. The teacher followed me out and said, 'Oh what are you
doing?' I said my dad was calling from Iraq, and I know he needs to
talk to me." Brandon was sent to the office and given a two-day
suspension.

The odd part is that the father had apparently made an arrangement
in advance with the assistant principal to allow his sons to receive
calls from him. "He had spoken with Mr. Fletcher," said Pat Hill,
the boys' mother. "He thought there was an agreement understood that
if he called either Joshua or Brandon at school, that everything was
fine."

"If this would have been the last phone call from my husband, and
he's in trouble for it and then has to deal with something happening
to his dad that would be even harder," Mrs. Hill added. "These
schools have to stop and realize, especially when you are in a
military community, we support our soldiers, we support our troops.
What about them when they are in Iraq trying to reach their family?"

Mrs. Hill is trying to get the suspension removed from her son's
record, but the school says the matter is closed. Whether or not you
support the United States' actions overseas, you've got to
understand that the soldiers are doing their job and that they and
their families are still people -- people who care very much about
each other and have a need to stay in contact. It seems to me that
the school could be more understanding on that point.Let Copras Cove
high School know what Veterans and Patriotic Americans think about
their ignorant "rules." And that we would like to see "the matter
reopened" so that there is not a suspension on Brandon's school
record!
Copperas CoveHigh School
400 S. 25th Street
Copperas Cove, Tx, 76522
Phone: 254- 547-2534
Fax 254- 547-9870
Click below to E-mail
Dr. Carol Saxenian- Principal saxenianc@...
Jimmy Shuck- Associate Principal jimmy@...
Richard Fletcher- Assistant Principal fletcherr@...
Genie Jhingoor- Assistant Principal jhingoorg@...
Cynthia Kostroun- Assistant Principal kostrounc@...
PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO ALL PATRIOTS! Call or E-Mail the above, Tell
them to take the suspension OFF of Brandon Hill's records!Please
take a fee minutes to contact these poor misguided educators.