A few weeks ago after the incident at the North High School with the young man trying to slit the throat of another student I became very concerned for my daughter's well being at the North High School.
I have purposely waited a few weeks to not give my identity away because I feel my daughter would be the target of more harassment. I have talked with Mr. Smith the High School Principal and I find that he is an a hole. Pardon my French. He seems to be more concerned about keeping a lid on this incident than fixing a problem within the school environment.
Before the break I had to go to the High School to pick up my daughter because of a family emergency and that was the first time I had been in the new North High School while classes were going on. Standing near the office I heard the ''F'' word used more than once and some other adjectives using the ''F'' word. Some of this disgusting language is directed to the young women from these young high school male students.
This past week I asked my daughter about the words that I had heard waiting on her and she said they are common in the hallways and within ear shot of the teaching staff. She then told me then some of these comments had been directed toward her in that past and that she had told her mother. To say the least I am very concerned of what I am hearing.
First if I addressed ANY FEMALE at my work place with the words I heard a coupled of weeks ago I would be fired and my company would have a sexual harassment sued filed promptly. This is more that boyish flirting this is degrading and I spent four years in the U S Navy and this language offends even my ears.
What followed was even more troubling and that one of my daughter's teachers called during the break to see if my daughter was OK from the family emergency.
I asked why the Principal wanted to sweep the broken beer bottle incident under the rug and she said he is only concerned with guns in the schools and doesn't regard a broken bottle as a weapon. He is very concerned about having another Columbine. Yet the fool will allow students to publicly degrade each other. I understand that some of the girls have responded to these boys with language just as bad.
What are we teaching our children and why is this guy still a principal? What was the catalyst that set those two off in Columbine? Remember they also had a propane bomb that malfunctioned. Our North High Principal will probably not find a problem with a propane bomb but will raise concern over a gun.
My wife and I were up very late last night talking and both of us were in the Pickerington Central High School a number of times during class time and neither of us remember ever hearing those words spoke out loud down there. Our oldest son who attended that school is now married and he doesn't remember that much either. A least he claims they were not spoken in front of the school staff like what I heard at the North High School.
What have we created here in Pickerington?
I want to move my daughter to a decent school that at least makes an effort to demand proper behavior of its students. The language these student use will follow them in to the work place and they will fail. I fear something terrible is going to happen here and I want to put my children in a cleaner and safer environment.
By Concerned Dad
I have purposely waited a few weeks to not give my identity away because I feel my daughter would be the target of more harassment. I have talked with Mr. Smith the High School Principal and I find that he is an a hole. Pardon my French. He seems to be more concerned about keeping a lid on this incident than fixing a problem within the school environment.
Before the break I had to go to the High School to pick up my daughter because of a family emergency and that was the first time I had been in the new North High School while classes were going on. Standing near the office I heard the ''F'' word used more than once and some other adjectives using the ''F'' word. Some of this disgusting language is directed to the young women from these young high school male students.
This past week I asked my daughter about the words that I had heard waiting on her and she said they are common in the hallways and within ear shot of the teaching staff. She then told me then some of these comments had been directed toward her in that past and that she had told her mother. To say the least I am very concerned of what I am hearing.
First if I addressed ANY FEMALE at my work place with the words I heard a coupled of weeks ago I would be fired and my company would have a sexual harassment sued filed promptly. This is more that boyish flirting this is degrading and I spent four years in the U S Navy and this language offends even my ears.
What followed was even more troubling and that one of my daughter's teachers called during the break to see if my daughter was OK from the family emergency.
I asked why the Principal wanted to sweep the broken beer bottle incident under the rug and she said he is only concerned with guns in the schools and doesn't regard a broken bottle as a weapon. He is very concerned about having another Columbine. Yet the fool will allow students to publicly degrade each other. I understand that some of the girls have responded to these boys with language just as bad.
What are we teaching our children and why is this guy still a principal? What was the catalyst that set those two off in Columbine? Remember they also had a propane bomb that malfunctioned. Our North High Principal will probably not find a problem with a propane bomb but will raise concern over a gun.
My wife and I were up very late last night talking and both of us were in the Pickerington Central High School a number of times during class time and neither of us remember ever hearing those words spoke out loud down there. Our oldest son who attended that school is now married and he doesn't remember that much either. A least he claims they were not spoken in front of the school staff like what I heard at the North High School.
What have we created here in Pickerington?
I want to move my daughter to a decent school that at least makes an effort to demand proper behavior of its students. The language these student use will follow them in to the work place and they will fail. I fear something terrible is going to happen here and I want to put my children in a cleaner and safer environment.
By Concerned Dad
