Students' Violent Book Angers Parents ; They Say Authors Shouldn't Be Allowed in School
The Record, Bergen County, NJ › March 15, 2007
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HAMPTON TOWNSHIP Parents took issue Wednesday night with the way its rural Sussex County school district was responding to a book some elementary school children had written that was filled with references to violence against their classmates.
Hampton Township School Superintendent Everett Burns confirmed Wednesday that the book's authors were allowed back in school after being suspended and were given a "preliminary" psychiatric evaluation. But four parents who said their children were mentioned in the book said the district didn't respond strongly enough and shouldn't have allowed the children back in "without a complete psychiatric evaluation."See the full content of this document
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Students' Violent Book Angers Parents ; They Say Authors Shouldn't Be Allowed in School
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Burns said the district had hired additional staff to keep an eye on the students at Marion Emmons McKeown Elementary School. He also said the district contacted the...See the full content of this document
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