An eighth-grade honor student in New Haven, Connecticut was suspended for buying candy, reports AP.
Michael Sheridan was stripped of his title as class vice president, barred from attending an honors student dinner and suspended for a day after buying a bag of Skittles from a classmate.
School spokeswoman Catherine Sullivan-DeCarlo says the New Haven school system banned candy sales in 2003 as part of a district wide school wellness policy.
Good thing he didn’t try to score some ibuprofen.
Update: Sheridan’s post as student council vice president has been restored.
Meanwhile, an honors student in Massachusetts was suspended for wearing a sweater over her uniform shirt. She was cold. Her high school suspends 50 to 60 students a week in winter.
Maybe he and Spitzer should talk. Both were stripped of their government titles for buying candy.
Har har, Jay.
Seriously, though… this is why the government doesn’t have my children for 6 hours each day.
I’d like to know more of the background around the case before I make a decision… Did the student have a history of misbehavior? Was the suspension the result of a more serious incident that simply started over Skittles?
I’ve seen usually-reasonable kids go bonkers over ridiculous little things…
Michael Sheridan was stripped of his title as class vice president, barred from attending an honors student dinner
Snort. I bet poor Michael is weepy. I mean, this is 8th grade class vice president! And an honor’s dinner! (Whatever that is). How can a 13 year old boy deal with such humanity? And to think that hundreds of years ago, a 13 yo boy might be working a man’s job or going to war.
When I was in 8th grade, I believe a boy could get his — kicked for daring to run for class vice president. He probably sold the candy for self-preservation, and so now his life expectancy just rose 5 years. And he even gets a day off to celebrate! Smart lad.
Silly kid, skittles are for adults.
Well, duh. Skittles show poor taste. He should have purchased M&Ms.
First skittles from a package, then medicinal wine from a teacup, yes sir we’ve got trouble.
About the sweater issue. I’m a little suspicious. Our local schools with uniforms have a sweater (navy blue) that is optional. The sweater this girl is wearing in the picture is ridiculously tight (in my opinion). Is there a sweater as part of the uniform but she doesn’t like it and tried to get away with her own skin-tight one? It wasn’t mentioned in the article.