Matthew Almodovar loves holding his girlfriend’s hands during lunch or whenever they’re hiking to course. But at Culver City Middle School, that display of affection could land the happy couple in big trouble.
In the just public secondary school in Culver town, its against school policy for students to keep fingers, hug or kiss on university. Probably more important, the “no contact” tip also prohibits children from hitting, pushing or driving class mates.
Schools nationwide need strategies to prevent assault and intimate harassment, however run further — including generating a tip against touching. In March, one secondary school pupil in curve, Ore., was provided for detention after continuously defying a teacher’s caution to avoid hugging another student. An equivalent condition happened at a junior full of Euless, Texas, in 2003.
Many teachers say the policy will teach children what’s — and it isn’t — appropriate behavior at school, that they state is specially vital during the middle school many years. Continue reading