What were they supposed to do if not cuff her, toss her in a police car and haul her down to the pokey? OH! OH! I know this!
Put her in the Time Out Closet until she calms the fuck down.
I was gonna post this story, but I guess you beat me to it.
I've seen kids freak the hell out and the can do more than you think. School desks aren't particularly heavy, and you don't need to be able to lift a heavy bookshelf to tip it over on someone(think of people who tip vending machines).
That said, it sound like it's extreme, but at the same time I'm not sure what else one would do. It sounds like there were a few people there trying to calm her down and it wasn't working.
Like I said, until more facts come out, I'm not going to judge things one way or the other.
However, it sounds like they COULDN'T get her into the time-out closet.
Have you ever tried to deal with a tantruming child that can't even be picked up without either you getting a broken nose or her getting crushed ribs? Yeah. I may not have, but I can guess that it's not as easy as "putting her in a time out closet"
Then cuff her then put her in a time out room (just lead her to the llibrary or someplace)
The
library!? Do you realize the damage she would do in there? And Twilight just reorganized too!
What were they supposed to do if not cuff her, toss her in a police car and haul her down to the pokey? OH! OH! I know this!
Put her in the Time Out Closet until she calms the fuck down.
At worst just cuff her if she's really a threat and put her in a room with an adult at best she can scream at the adult
She already bested that by injuring the principal. Just being in cuffs alone is sometimes not enough if someone is bent on some sort of destruction.
Not to mention, the school also has a duty to try and keep her from hurting herself. If she gets put in a closet (which honestly sounds um...no better than being in a cell??) and starts, say, banging her head and throwing her body around, what do they do then? The article makes it sound like she was on a real tear. As usual, though, I'm sure there is more to the story than the initial report.
Generally speaking, intentionally injuring the principal in this day and age will get you put in jail for a few days, at the least. If you have a super paranoid school they'ed have you charged as a terrorist or something insane. I've seen first graders expelled for having finger nail cutters, on the grounds that they're a dangerous weapon(what about a sharpened pencil?).
Barely on topic, but I think interesting none the less: Meanwhile half the kids a my school carry pocket knives and no one cares, granted they carry them for usual utility reasons that you find when living in the country, so it isn't a big deal to me. When we had a lockdown drill me and others joked about how if someone came in with a gun they were beyond fucked
. Since were in the country it's not uncommon for someone to have there hunting rifle or shotgun in their truck, so we've got any potential zombie problem handled as well.
"Ok guys, if were ever attacked by zombies, meet at Brent's truck. He keeps a few shotguns in there." -Me, when we had a do-nothing-day in Biology II and the teacher, a couple other kid and me had a discussion on zombies, including our plans in case of zombie attack, but that's for another thread and time.(I might type it up tomorrow, if you want to hear it.)