<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>The impression I was left with, after reading the article, was that the "powers that be" we're merely going to let sleeping dogs lie . . . at least until the next reading assignment and those with marked faces board the bus again.</div><div><br></div><div>If this were done at home by parents, what would the charges be?</div><div><br></div><div>Esto perpetua, VPeeps!<br><br><div>Seeya round town, Moscow, because . . .</div><div><br></div><div>"Moscow Cares"</div><div><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com">http://www.MoscowCares.com</a></div><div> </div><div><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Moscow, Idaho</div><div> </div></div></div><div><br>On Nov 18, 2012, at 3:51 PM, "Shirley Ringo" <<a href="mailto:ringoshirl@moscow.com">ringoshirl@moscow.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Has anyone heard how the District plans to handle
this? The very idea of using humiliation as a teaching tool is beyond
belief. There should be strong disciplinary action against the
teacher. </font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Shirley</font></div>
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<a title="dickow@turbonet.com" href="mailto:dickow@turbonet.com">Robert
Dickow</a> </div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a title="vision2020@moscow.com" href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a> </div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, November 18, 2012 1:48
PM</div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Vision2020] This is Wrong
on So Many Levels . . .</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Yes,
this was a really disturbing situation. One question I have is would it be
best to fire/discipline the teacher straight away, or primarily turn it into a
constructive lesson for the students in the class. It was the students in the
class who chose the marking-pen-on-the-face punishment rather than a learning
rewards pattern. Of course the teacher should have caught the problem right
then and there. But the students need to learn that this sort of choice is
demeaning, socially unacceptable behavior. Have there been any follow-up news
items on this story? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Bob
Dickow, troublemaker<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">From:</span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">
<a href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com">vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</a> [<a href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com">mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</a>] <b>On
Behalf Of </b>Donovan Arnold<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, November 18, 2012 12:28
PM<br><b>To:</b> Tom Hansen; Rosemary Huskey<br><b>Cc:</b> Moscow Vision
2020<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Vision2020] This is Wrong on So Many Levels . .
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><span style="COLOR: black">This
is child abuse. Not to mention telling other students what another student
scored on a test is illegal and a violation of their rights to academic
confidentiality. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><span style="COLOR: black">Donovan J. Arnold<o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">From:</span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> Tom
Hansen <<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</a>><br><b>To:</b>
Rosemary Huskey <<a href="mailto:donaldrose@cpcinternet.com">donaldrose@cpcinternet.com</a>>
<br><b>Cc:</b> Moscow Vision 2020 <<a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a>>
<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, November 16, 2012 5:24 PM<br><b>Subject:</b> Re:
[Vision2020] This is Wrong on So Many Levels . . .</span><span style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><span style="COLOR: black">Exactly, Rose.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><span style="COLOR: black">Those students who are struggling to achieve, in spite of
their learning handicaps, are being told by Ms. Summer Larsen that they are
failures. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><span class="mark"><span style="COLOR: black">Seeya</span></span><span style="COLOR: black"> round
town, Moscow, because . . .<o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><span style="COLOR: black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><span style="COLOR: black">"Moscow Cares"<o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><span style="COLOR: black"><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com">http://www.MoscowCares.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><span style="COLOR: black">Tom
Hansen<o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><span style="COLOR: black">Moscow, Idaho<o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><span style="COLOR: black"><br>On Nov 16, 2012, at 5:17 PM, "Rosemary Huskey" <<a href="mailto:donaldrose@cpcinternet.com" target="_blank">donaldrose@cpcinternet.com</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d">I am sick as I read this. I
think if might be useful, or at the very least informative to Ms. Summer
Larsen, if she heard from folks in North Idaho who have had the benefit of
caring, compassionate, and mentally healthy teachers. She is a
monster. Her email address can be found here: <a href="https://sites.google.com/a/cassiaschools.org/declo_elementary/faculty-staff" target="_blank">https://sites.google.com/a/cassiaschools.org/declo_elementary/faculty-staff</a>
. It might also be useful if the school principal, Mrs. <span class="mark">Hunsaker</span>, who apparently lacks the mother wit to identify
the horrendous abuse taking place under her leadership had her own failures
acknowledged. Her email address can be found on the page above.
Unluckily for them (and sadly for the State of Idaho), the national
press has picked up the story. It is to be hoped that the notoriety will end
Ms. Larsen’s pathetic career. One hardly knows what to think about the
rest of the faculty who apparently continued business as usual in this hell
hole masquerading at as school.</span><span style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d">Rose Huskey </span><span style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">From:</span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black"> <a href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com" target="_blank">vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</a> [<a href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com" target="_blank">mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</a>] <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Tom Hansen<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, November 16, 2012 12:18
PM<br><b>To:</b> Moscow Vision 2020<br><b>Subject:</b> [Vision2020] This is
Wrong on So Many Levels . . .</span><span style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><span style="COLOR: black">Courtesy of the Magic Valley Times-News
at:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div>
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<h1 style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt"><span class="mark"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">Declo</span></span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black"> Teacher Allows
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><span class="mark"><span style="COLOR: black">DECLO</span></span><span style="COLOR: black"> •
Fourth-graders who failed to achieve reading goals had their faces scribbled
on with permanent marker by other students last week at <span class="mark">Declo</span> Elementary School — under the supervision of their
teacher.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><span style="COLOR: black">Some
parents and Cassia County School District leadership are now decrying the
consequences for the nine students, some of whom have learning
problems.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><span style="COLOR: black">When
Cindy Hurst’s 10-year-old son arrived home from school Nov. 5, his entire
face, hairline to chin, was scribbled on in red marker — including his
eyelids. He also had green, red and purple scribble marks over the red, and
his face was scratched by a marker that had a rough
edge.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><span style="COLOR: black">“He
was humiliated, he hung his head and wanted to go wash his face,” said
Hurst. “He knows he’s a slow reader. Now he thinks he should be punished for
it.”<o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><span style="COLOR: black">Hurst said her son is a quiet, tender-hearted boy who
is always “extremely worried about pleasing his
teacher.”<o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><span style="COLOR: black">“I
want to see positive changes made at the school and I’m not after anyone’s
job,” she said.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><span style="COLOR: black">Teacher Summer Larsen, who has taught at the school for
six years, did not respond to a request by the Times-News for an
interview.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><span style="COLOR: black">But
District Superintendent <span class="mark">Gaylen</span> <span class="mark">Smyer</span> confirmed what took place in her classroom, though
he declined to name Larsen.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><span style="COLOR: black">The
21 students in the class have Accelerated Reading goals where they read a
set number of books in a given time frame, <span class="mark">Smyer</span>
said.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><span style="COLOR: black">Larsen allowed the students to choose their own
incentive to meet the reading goal. The class chose to have students who did
not meet the goal either stay inside at recess until the goal was met, or
have their faces written on by their classmates who met their
goals.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><span style="COLOR: black">Nine
of the students in the class did not meet their goals. Of those, six chose
to have their faces marked on and three chose to forgo
recess.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><span style="COLOR: black">“Although all the students in the class agreed to the
incentive, once it occurred it was not so well received. Nor should it have
been,” <span class="mark">Smyer</span> said.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><span style="COLOR: black">Administrators believe the students’ incentives may
have been inspired by a recent PTO activity at which <span class="mark">Declo</span> Elementary Principal <span class="mark">Rebecca</span>
<span class="mark">Hunsaker</span> allowed staff to paint her face and
students to paint her hair, <span class="mark">Smyer</span>
said.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><span class="mark"><span style="COLOR: black">Hunsaker</span></span><span style="COLOR: black"> did
not respond to phone calls from the Times-News
Thursday.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><span style="COLOR: black">“What occurred with a principal is not the same when it
occurs with a child,” <span class="mark">Smyer</span> said. “This is a serious
concern.”<o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><u><span style="COLOR: black">Parents’ Opinions Split</span></u><span style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><span style="COLOR: black">Not
every parent agrees with <span class="mark">Smyer</span>. Karla Christensen’s
daughter, who made her reading goal, is in Larsen’s fourth-grade
class.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><span style="COLOR: black">Christensen sometimes helps out in Larsen’s classroom
and she said Larsen puts in extra effort — playing classical music and
wearing a microphone so she <span class="mark">doesn</span>’t have to raise
her voice to the children.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><span style="COLOR: black">“I
don’t feel like this was bullying. Bullying has a malicious intent. This was
someone trying to get them motivated,” Christensen said. “I think it upset
the parents more than the students.”<o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><span style="COLOR: black">Christensen said if her daughter had come home with
similar marks, she would have felt it was a reflection on her own parenting
for not making sure her daughter reached her
goal.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><span style="COLOR: black">“I
think (Larsen)is just a very creative teacher who was trying to do something
to motivate the students and it went astray,” Christensen
said.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><span class="mark"><span style="COLOR: black">LeRoy</span></span><span style="COLOR: black">
Robinson, a grandfather of two of the marked-up students, said Larsen made a
“poor choice and basically, it was bullying.”<o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><span style="COLOR: black">“I
think children should feel safe at school and know the adults there will
protect them,” he said.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><span style="COLOR: black">Robinson said the children had their faces marked on in
the morning. They had to leave it on all day, but were told to wash it off
before they went home.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><span style="COLOR: black">“It
was a humiliation because they had to wear it all day and other kids were
asking them about it and laughing at them,” he
said.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><span style="COLOR: black">The
marker was hard to wash off, <span class="mark">LeRoy</span>’s wife, Karla,
said. Both their grandchildren suffer from self-esteem issues and one child
has learning problems, she said.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><span style="COLOR: black">“Most of these kids were totally embarrassed and wanted
to hide it from their parents, but the marker <span class="mark">didn</span>’t
wash off,” Karla Robinson said.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><span style="COLOR: black">Children who rode a bus home with junior high and high
school students then suffered further humiliation, she
said.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><span style="COLOR: black">As a
reward a child should never be allowed to belittle, make fun of or hurt
someone else, she said.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><span class="mark"><span style="COLOR: black">Smyer</span></span><span style="COLOR: black"> said he
could not confirm if the teacher faced disciplinary action, but parents
reported she was absent from the classroom Nov. 7-9 and back in the
classroom on Nov. 12.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><span class="mark"><span style="COLOR: black">Smyer</span></span><span style="COLOR: black"> said the
district received some complaints from parents, while others were
supportive.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><span style="COLOR: black">Although teachers are allowed some latitude in class,
he said, this incident comes down to an issue of safety in the classroom and
school environment.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><span style="COLOR: black">“There are things there that we questioned,” <span class="mark">Smyer</span> said.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><span style="COLOR: black">Hurst said she has since removed her child from the
situation.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white"><span style="COLOR: black">“I
am really saddened that the teacher <span class="mark">didn</span>’t use
better judgment, as well as the principal when she learned about it,” Hurst
said. “They marked the children as being
less.”<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div>
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