Suspended for Skittles

This 8th grade honors student was initially suspended and relieved of his class VP post as a result of the heinous crime of buying Skittles. Thankfully, he his sentence was cancelled and he gets to keep his Vice Presidency.

The principal's original statement was that he was interested in the safety of the students. Yeah, because I can't even count the number of students who have died of obesity for eating too many Skittles or choking on one. How silly is that? I swear our educators (and administrators) are losing their common-sense minds. Add this to the list of silly things being done by educators/administrators.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — An eighth-grade honors student who was
suspended for a day, barred from attending an honors dinner and stripped of
his title as class vice president after he was caught with contraband candy in
school will get his student council post back, school officials said.

Superintendent Reginald Mayo said in a statement late Wednesday
that he and principal Eleanor Turner met with student Michael Sheridan's
parents and that Turner decided to clear the boy's record and restore him to
his post.

Michael was disciplined after he was caught buying a bag of
Skittles from a classmate. The classmate's suspension also will be expunged,
school officials said.

The New Haven school system banned candy sales in 2003 as part of a districtwide school wellness policy, school spokeswoman Catherine Sullivan-DeCarlo said.

"I am sorry this has happened," Turner said in a statement. "My hope is that we can get back to the normal school routine, especially since we are in the middle of taking the Connecticut mastery test."

Turner said she should have reinforced in writing the verbal warnings
against candy transactions.

Michael had said that he didn't realize his candy purchase was against the rules, but he did notice that the student selling the Skittles on Feb. 26 was being secretive.