Well, that stinks: kid punished for putting the F in ART.
Sorry folks, but I couldn't let this one, umm, pass. I saw this one in the paper today, but savvy SunSentinel.com blog readers saw it on Strange But True yesterday.
It stinks.
The whole thing with Jonathan Locke Jr.
The eighth-grader at the Bill Duncan Excel Center in South Lakeland was suspended from riding the school bus for three days after being accused of passing gas, reports the Lakeland Ledger.
"It wasn't even me," Locke insisted. "It was a kid who sits in front of me."
If the flatulence becomes excessive, then the bus driver has the responsibility to report it to the school administrator, said a school official.
Trouble for Locke started Monday afternoon after school when a student sitting next to him started making noises with his mouth.
Then, students smelled a pungent aroma.
"I started laughing," Locke said. "It was a bad smell."
On Tuesday when Locke walked onto the bus, the bus driver handed him the suspension form.
Locke said he chuckled.
"I asked, 'What is this for?'"
The bus driver ordered Locke off the bus.
Seems if flatulence becomes excessive, the bus driver has the responsibility to report it to the school administrator, a school official said.
This is serious business. The Bill Duncan Excel Center is a last chance school for students. Get expelled from there and you're out of the school district.
Locke was sent to Bill Duncan after he was expelled from Mulberry Middle School for fighting.
The elder Locke said the whole situation seemed petty.You're not going to stop a kid from laughing if it's (about) passing gas," Locke said.
What I want to know is, if Locke ain't the one that dealt it, is he at least the first one that smelt it?
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