# More School Suspension Nonsense

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-school-suspension-nonsense/292332>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 28, 2005, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-school-suspension-nonsense/292332 "2005-02-28T20:12:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-school-suspension-nonsense/292332/61 "2005-03-08T23:14:52Z")

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Please keep us informed! And tell us Cindy’s mom is going to the media!

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**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-school-suspension-nonsense/292332/62 "2005-03-09T09:44:20Z")

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> [@zoogirl](#):
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> The OP says the girl forgot her lunch money, so I’m going to assume that she was given it in the first place. I can think of any number of scenarios. Mom hands it to her and she puts it down on the kitchen counter, child decides to change jackets at the last moment, money just plain falls out of her pocket, etc, etc.
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> I can’t really add much to the general outrage. I’ve got an idea, though. I don’t know if it’s the same all over, but the Canadian edition of Reader’s Digest has a feature called “That’s Outrageous!” This one would be a shoo-in!

To my understanding, the friend’s mom puts lunch money in some particular place and the girl and her siblings take what they need each morning, and that particular morning, something happened to cause the girl to forget to grab the cash before she left the house. The parents leave for work before the kids leave for school, IIUC.

At the moment, no news is good news. The school board hasn’t made any decisions either way.

For those wondering, the girls are 12 years old, in the seventh grade.

I’ll update when/if I have news.

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