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dflprincess

(29,135 posts) Mon Dec 15, 2025, 11:27 PM Monday

The principal at Edina high school is getting a lot of heat from local MAGAts & right wing news

for making it clear that the school will not tolerate "[students] making light of immigration threats or referencing ICE in ways that cause fear or humiliation” and that students who do so will face suspension.

I have a neighbor who teaches there and told me that there are at least 20 kids who have been given the ok for remote learning through the end of December because they are afraid to come to school. What happens after winter break is being worked on.

Apparently Bloomington schools, in particular Kennedy High, have also gotten on the right wing's shit list for saying they will work with kids who are afraid to come to school in person.

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The principal at Edina high school is getting a lot of heat from local MAGAts & right wing news (Original Post) dflprincess Monday OP

Jeezus. PittBlue Monday #1

The bully-in-chief gives them permission with his example. summer_in_TX Tuesday #2

I'm a graduate of Bloomington Kennedy. I couldn't be more proud of the principal. Nanuke Tuesday #3

I'm a Kennedy graduate too! dflprincess Tuesday #4

Me:1975 Nanuke Tuesday #5

1971 dflprincess Tuesday #6

PittBlue

(4,696 posts)

1. Jeezus.

Reply to dflprincess (Original post)

Mon Dec 15, 2025, 11:30 PM

Monday

As a retired educator this is killing me.

summer_in_TX

(4,005 posts)

2. The bully-in-chief gives them permission with his example.

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Tue Dec 16, 2025, 12:43 AM

Tuesday

In fact the bullying at school has been out of hand, at least here in my Central Texas community. The mean kids telling the Hispanic kids to go back where they're from – when so many Texas Latinos have Texas ancestry dating back four generations or more, in some cases since before the Texas Revolution. The mean kids carefully do so out of earshot of the adults, on the playground for instance. That was happening during the first term. Can't imagine it has gotten any better.

A friend's son on the autism spectrum had other fifth graders texting him to kill himself a few years back. He was too traumatized to go back to school, or even be around other kids without his mom or dad around.

The Texas Legislature did one thing right. They banned the use of cell phones by students during the school day. I'm hoping that will help put a damper on the bullying.