Topic: 1 pee in a bucket...duckets,,
msharmony's photo
Thu 01/26/17 11:33 AM
Southern California classroom was filled with high school freshmen when one of them realized that she needed to run to the restroom.

Patrick Henry High School in San Diego, however, had a policy at the time stipulating that students were not permitted to take bathroom breaks during class — and the teacher took a strict interpretation of it.

The teacher, Gonja Wolf, forbid the 14-year-old girl from leaving the classroom that Wednesday in February 2012. Instead, she let the girl pee in a bucket, then empty it in a classroom sink, according to a lawsuit.

The gossip reportedly spread through the school, then hit the news media, leading to the girl’s anxiety, depression and an attempted suicide.

Now five years later, the San Diego Unified School District was ordered Wednesday to pay the student, who is now 19, more than $1.25 million in damages and $41,000 to cover medical bills, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune.

read more at : https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/education/wp/2017/01/26/a-student-was-forced-to-urinate-in-a-bucket-during-class-she-sued-and-won/?utm_term=.4cfe0899f679

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Thu 01/26/17 11:44 AM
the San Diego Unified School District was ordered Wednesday to pay the student, who is now 19, more than $1.25 million in damages and $41,000 to cover medical bills, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune.



Seems reasonable to me whoa

msharmony's photo
Thu 01/26/17 11:50 AM
lol

love punitive damages,, they make REAL impact on future policy



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Thu 01/26/17 11:56 AM
I'm baffled about the 41K medical bill

msharmony's photo
Thu 01/26/17 11:59 AM
I suppose psychiatric care isnt cheap.

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Thu 01/26/17 01:28 PM
I suspect if you keep believing in the Huffington Posts your going to keep getting the same results.

motowndowntown's photo
Thu 01/26/17 01:30 PM
What kind of person does that?

Should have made the teacher drink a two liter bottle of soda then stand in the middle of a busy boulevard for eight hours with an "I am a moron" sign around his/her neck.

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Thu 01/26/17 01:57 PM
Now five years later, the San Diego Unified School District was ordered Wednesday to pay the student, who is now 19, more than $1.25 million in damages and $41,000 to cover medical bills, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune.

Unless the kid/parents said "we're taking that 1.25 million and starting a scholarship fund for kids" or "we're going to take the entire 1.25 million and put it towards the teachers and classrooms that really need funding," then this story is just further evidence for why there shouldn't be compulsory education paid for by taxpayers.

love punitive damages,, they make REAL impact on future policy

and tend to annoy voters when it comes time to "vote on prop xyz to support our teachers and schools, they need more money!"


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Thu 01/26/17 03:52 PM
You know how many bathrooms they could have built right IN the classrooms with that 1.2 mil?

panchovanilla's photo
Thu 01/26/17 04:18 PM
spock
Ok.
I don't know what to say about this.
So I'm gonna go out and pee against the freezing wind.

msharmony's photo
Thu 01/26/17 04:38 PM
dont get sued for knocking someones eye out with a flying peesickle,,,laugh

Workin4it's photo
Thu 01/26/17 06:37 PM

Southern California classroom was filled with high school freshmen when one of them realized that she needed to run to the restroom.

Patrick Henry High School in San Diego, however, had a policy at the time stipulating that students were not permitted to take bathroom breaks during class — and the teacher took a strict interpretation of it.

The teacher, Gonja Wolf, forbid the 14-year-old girl from leaving the classroom that Wednesday in February 2012. Instead, she let the girl pee in a bucket, then empty it in a classroom sink, according to a lawsuit.

The gossip reportedly spread through the school, then hit the news media, leading to the girl’s anxiety, depression and an attempted suicide.

Now five years later, the San Diego Unified School District was ordered Wednesday to pay the student, who is now 19, more than $1.25 million in damages and $41,000 to cover medical bills, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune.

read more at : https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/education/wp/2017/01/26/a-student-was-forced-to-urinate-in-a-bucket-during-class-she-sued-and-won/?utm_term=.4cfe0899f679 [/urote] good deal, it's an expensive lesson, next time try using a little common sense.