[O]ne Inglewood elementary school imposed a [tag]lockdown[\/tag] so severe that some students were barred from using the restroom. Instead, they used [tag]buckets[\/tag] placed in classroom corners or behind teachers’ desks.<\/p>\n
Appalled by the school’s action, Worthington Elementary School parents have complained to the school board and plan to attend another board meeting next week.<\/p>\n
Principal Angie Marquez imposed the lockdown March 27 when nearly 40,000 middle and high school students across Southern California staged walkouts.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
And what a lockdown it was. Students were actually forced to use buckets in the classroom because school administrators were so concerned about children joining a protest that these drastic measures seemed like a good idea. Needless to say, the kids’ parents were not pleased.<\/p>\n
Oddly enough, though, the school district is defending<\/i> the principal’s decision.
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\nThe problem wasn’t that Principal Marquez showed poor judgment and forced kids to use buckets as toilets in the classroom; it’s that she misread the district handbook and ordered the most restrictive lockdown option — the one reserved for nuclear attacks.<\/p>\nTim Brown, director of operations for the Inglewood Unified School District, confirmed that some students were forced to use the buckets but said the principal’s order was an “honest mistake.”<\/p>\n
“When there’s a nuclear attack, that’s when buckets are used,” Brown said. The principal “followed procedure. She made a decision to follow the handbook. She just misread it.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Nuclear attack, immigration rally — if only I had a nickel for every time I got those two confused…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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