Nazareth Mom Cautions Against 'Fear Mongering' After Sandy Hook
A Nazareth area mom says schools are 'traumatizing' children by punishing them for having a toy gun in school or for drawing a picture of a gun while in school.
The mother of a Nazareth area kindergartner urged the school board Monday night not to create an atmosphere of “fear mongering” that she says is happening in schools around the country in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook massacre. Reading from a prepared statement, Joselyn Burrows cited action elsewhere taken against children for having a toy gun in school or for drawing a picture of a gun while in school. She said schools are “traumatizing” children by taking such actions. ”I’m not expecting you to call police on a 5-year-old,” she said, adding that Nazareth schools are not taking such actions. Burrows also said she is in favor of having security guards or off-duty police officers being armed in school. And she called on the Nazareth …
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LORIE MERTZ
2:04 pm on Wednesday, February 6, 2013
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