I'm curious what others think about how this was handled.
Two kids in a grade 7 class are friends, I'll call them A and B. Both kids like to draw and exchange notes. The notes are written/drawn during free time at lunch and at nutrition break. The notes are not threatening in any way; they are funny pictures, jests, puns, and harmless jokes. One note listed ideas for reality show spoofs, and one of the ideas listed was for a mock reality show called "Extreme Penis" (with no drawings). All the notes were for fun, written for exchange between the two friends, and to make each other laugh.
A and B's teacher is aware of and has no problems with the notes, since they weren't written during class time.
While A and B were eating lunch in the cafeteria, two other kids, I'll call them Y and Z, went through everything in A and B's desks in the classroom. Y and Z found the notes in the desks and gave them to the principal. The principal called A and B separately into his office, and gave them each stern lectures and made them both promise never to write notes again. A and B were given the option to tell their parents or have the principal call their parents. A and B were in tears by the time they left the principal's office.
Do you think that was fair? Would you have done the same as the principal? Why or why not?
Two kids in a grade 7 class are friends, I'll call them A and B. Both kids like to draw and exchange notes. The notes are written/drawn during free time at lunch and at nutrition break. The notes are not threatening in any way; they are funny pictures, jests, puns, and harmless jokes. One note listed ideas for reality show spoofs, and one of the ideas listed was for a mock reality show called "Extreme Penis" (with no drawings). All the notes were for fun, written for exchange between the two friends, and to make each other laugh.
A and B's teacher is aware of and has no problems with the notes, since they weren't written during class time.
While A and B were eating lunch in the cafeteria, two other kids, I'll call them Y and Z, went through everything in A and B's desks in the classroom. Y and Z found the notes in the desks and gave them to the principal. The principal called A and B separately into his office, and gave them each stern lectures and made them both promise never to write notes again. A and B were given the option to tell their parents or have the principal call their parents. A and B were in tears by the time they left the principal's office.
Do you think that was fair? Would you have done the same as the principal? Why or why not?