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[b]That's not the only choice. The obvious choice is to escort him out, not to ARREST him. Talking over a time limit is not an offense where someone should be arrested. The fact you can't see that....seriously?[/b]

Did you read the passage in the book? The girl is essentially raped, then tells the guy she loves him after he says it first.  Is that the message, you, as an administrator, want to send a 9th grader? This, of course, is in addition to the graphic sexual descriptions. This father had every right to be pissed off about that. And all the board cared about was he went over the two minute rule. Perhaps if the school board showed some concern over the matter, there might have been dialog.[/quote]

The acting town police chief made the decision to arrest him. I would never second-guess the actions of local government.

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/may/08/father-arrested-protesting-jodi-picoult-high-school[/quote]

Seems that the school board apologized for their behavior --- OOOPS.  Looks like this man had damn good reason to be pissed off:

"The Gilford school board has since apologised in a statement for "the discomfort of those impacted and [b]for the failure of the School District to send home prior notice of assignment of the novel",[/b] and said that it will now revise its policies "to include notification that requires parents to accept controversial material rather than opt out"."[/quote]

They apologized that he had not received proper notice.   I think that's fair.  That book did require a notice.[/quote]

I agree the book required a notice.  For me, as a parent, I'd want to read further to find out how the rape scene was handled in the rest of the book before I decided how to approach it with my child.

But, I think it's important to note that the father had already complained to the school, who had already addressed the problem before this meeting.  Of course they couldn't go back in time, but they sent home the note they should have sent home, and the father received it as evidenced by the fact that it was in his hand.  So, while he may have had a good reason to be upset, he also had a good reason to believe that the school and school board would take his position seriously.  His behavior was seriously out of line.

I'll also add that I think the police are in a challenging situation here.  Once the officer, rightly or wrongly, stepped in and gave the man the direct order to stand up and leave, the guy called their bluff.  Part of why the police system works in our country is because there's a general perception that if you disobey a direct order from a police officer you'll regret it.  I can understand why the police would be very hesitant to let people walk away from a situation with the idea that listening to a police officer's order is "optional".  I think that escorting him from the building and letting him go might have been a solution, but it's also possible that he would have reentered the building since he seemed deadset on getting arrested in order to gain media attention.  So, while I don't know that I would have chosen to arrest him, I can understand the officer's thinking.

I'd also like to note here, that I'm the teacher/curriculum specialist who was asked to answer "yes or no" earlier in this thread.  Someone else replied to that, who wasn't me, so this is my response.  I'll also add that this has absolutely nothing to do with Common Core.[/quote]

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