A school district and local prosecutors in Texas are refusing to drop charges against an 11-year-old who was held in solitary confinement.

Timothy Murray lost his father earlier this year and had been asking his principal for counseling when she called in the police

    • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1261·
      1 year ago

      This article:

      https://www.texasobserver.org/why-was-this-11-year-old-honor-roll-student-put-in-solitary/

      Should shed some light on the subject. Particularly:

      Garza comes from a Brownsville education legacy. Her mother, Rachel Medina Ayala, was one of Brownsville Independent School District’s first female superintendents. Garza’s two sisters are also principals in the district.

      So, in answer to your question:

      What kind of incompetent principal reacts to trouble making elementary schoolers by calling the cops on them?

      A nepotism hire with a vindictive streak.

      • prole@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        211·
        1 year ago

        Jesus Christ, I didn’t even know dynastic public school administrators was a thing…

        • Mongostein
          2·
          1 year ago

          The DA that’s refusing to drop charges shares the same last name.

    • 520@kbin.social
      103·
      1 year ago

      This ain’t incompetence, this is a power trip. She also called CPS on a mother for questioning her special education needs program

    • Deceptichum@kbin.social
      471·
      1 year ago

      The same that calls CPS on parents

      Other parents have also complained to the outlet about the principal. One mother said that, after a meeting with Garza about her 5-year-old in which her own mom questioned the school’s special education plan for the boy, Garza called Child Protective Services on her.

    • Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world
      332·
      1 year ago

      Conservative ones. Conservatives should never be in a position of authority over others, especially children!