What is lacking Larry is that common sense was not written into the language of the laws. It is hard to foresee every possible situation, but within the law, as it pertains to testing, there needs to a waiver.
Nobody got hurt because he took the test, and as the article says, he enjoys it when people talk to him. The worst thing that happened is that an employee of the state read the questions to him, and the test results mattered to nobody, except the person in charge of statistics.
You and I have both been school board members. You know what it looks like when common sense has left the building, and how stupid zero tolerance policies are. There always needs to be an exception process, but exceptions should be reviewed for abuses to the system.
I still remember the quizzical look I got from the "two adults" present when I picked up Ryan the day he got suspended from school. Ryan had punched a kid in the nose. Automatic suspension. When I talked with the two "adults" and asked them what had lead up to this, it turns out Ryan had become the target of a new kid at the school who was a bully, and even though Ryan had reported this to the "adults", the bullying continued. They had taken no action, hoping it would "settle down" on its own.
I confirmed this with Ryan, in front of the "adults", then shook his hand and gave him a big hug, and congratulated him for standing up for himself. I stated, in front of the "adults", that since the "adults" had failed in their duties to take action to stop the bullying, that there would be no punishment at home. I then told the "adults" that they needed to take care of the bullying issue, or I would, and that I would not be even the slightest bit diplomatic. The issue was resolved immediately.
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