WOW: A Young Student Gets Suspended for Having a Toy Gun at a Virtual Class

Isaiah Elliott, a student at Grand Mountain, a K-8 public school located south of Colorado Springs, Colorado, was suspended for having a toy gun during a virtual class.
On August 27, the seventh grade student was participating in an online art class when a teacher caught him flashing a toy gun across his computer screen.
The teacher was caught off guard and ended up informing the school principal about this incident. Elliott received a five-day suspension from the principal. The principal also instructed the El Paso County Sheriffâs Office to carry out a welfare check on the child without even informing his parents beforehand.
According to a report by KDVR, the âtoy in question is a neon green and black handgun with an orange tip with the words âZombie Hunterâ printed on the side.â
âIt was really frightening and upsetting for me as a parent, especially as the parent of an African-American young man, especially given whatâs going on in our country right now,â remarked Isaiahâs father, Curtis Elliott, during an exclusive interview with FOX31.
Curtisâ wife Dani Elliott also expressed her anger towards the schoolâs decision to give her a heads up, only after law enforcement made their way to the familyâs home.
âFor them to go as extreme as suspending him for five days, sending the police out, having the police threaten to press charges against him because they want to compare the virtual environment to the actual in-school environment is insane,â commented Dani Elliott.
The Problem Solvers were able to obtain the sheriffâs report and it confirmed the teacher âsaid she assumed it was a toy gun but was not certain.â
âIf her main concern was his safety, a two-minute phone call to me or my husband could easily have alleviated this whole situation to where I told them it was fake,â remarked Dani Elliott.
Both parents were aware that the school was recording their childâs virtual class. However, they claimed that the district refused to hand over the video to them when they asked to receive a copy of it.
âI definitely feel they crossed the line,â declared Dani Elliott. âThey were extreme with their punishment, especially sending the police out and traumatizing my son and my family.â
The district has received considerable flak on Facebook for its heavy-handed response to this matter.
The district defended itself on its Facebook page: âThe platforms we use for distance learning have the feature to record classes for educational purposes. During our first week of school, we were still becoming familiar with the platform. It is not our current practice to record classes at this time. Parents will be notified if that changes. We will continue to support all families in our school to make sure they feel safe, respected, and educated.â
The parents of Isaiah Elliott said that they plan on transferring him to a charter or private school despite their son being able to return to Grand Mountain School on September 4.
Isaiah Elliottâs parents are behaving the way Americans traditionally have on matters concerning education. Instead of turning to public schooling, which is filled with loads of indoctrination, this family is playing it safe by looking at other educational alternatives.
In an overly politicized America, there is simply no justification for sending children to veritable indoctrination centers. If the Right is serious about defeating the Left, they would be defunding public schools and putting their kinds in private alternatives that uphold traditional values.
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