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Connecticut School Bans Physical Contact
Connecticut School Bans Physical Contact
MILFORD, Conn. (CBS) ― A Connecticut middle school principal has laid down the law: You put your hands on someone -- anyone -- in any way, you're going to pay. A violent incident that put one student in the hospital has officials at the Milford school implementing a "no touching" policy, ...
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Nanny Is A Pussy
Daily PunditConnecticut School Bans Physical Contact - wcbstv.com “Observed behaviors of concern recently exhibited include kicking others in the groin area, grabbing and touching of others in personal areas, hugging and horseplay. Physical contact is prohibited to keep all students safe in the learning environment,” Williams wrote. Rather than do the right thing, take control of their classrooms, and expel or otherwise effectively punish people who are actually committing real infractions, these gutless pussies are now turning our ...

The new school "no tolerance" policy: no touching!
Althouse"They said the new policy means no high-fives and hugs, as well as horseplay of any kind." blog advertising blog advertising

Milford does not believe in hugs
Overlawyered — ... Actually, the principal of East Shore Middle School in that Connecticut municipality has banned not just hugs but high-fives, horseplay and “physical contact” of any sort, per WCBS-TV. ...

The High-Five: Gateway to a Kick in the Nuts
Hit & Run — ... After a student got kicked in the groin and had to be treated at a hospital, Catherine Williams, principal of East Shore Middle School in Milford, Connecticut, laid down the law, banning not just testicular assault but hugs, back slaps, high-fives, handshakes, and taps on the shoulder. In fact, "to keep all students safe in the learning environment," physical contact of any kind is now prohibited at Williams' school, on pain of "parent conferences, detention, suspension and/or a request for expulsion from school." This is the same black-and-white ...

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A Connecticut middle school principal has laid down the law: You put your hands on someone -- anyone -- in any way, you're going to pay. A violent incident that put one student in the hospital has officials at the Milford school implementing a "no touching" policy, according to a letter ...