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WAY over the top. I don't like mom pulling the autism card either, but if that's the only way she can fight this by claiming a "protected class" then so be it.
If it were me, I would recommend printing up enough "Free Banana Man" t-shirts so that the ENTIRE school shows up wearing them and then they all refuse to take them off (might also be worth it to plan the day and have local TV news cameras around, schools just LOVE all that attention). Just to put a little salt in the wound, have ALL the kids bring bananas for lunch. Call the bluff. What are they going to do punish the entire school for engaging in a little freedom of expression? Are they going to make everyone attend Satruday school? Are they going to place everyone on suspension?
No, they will have an assembly about it. At that point every kid needs to start chanting "FREE BANANA MAN" and refuse to stop. At that point they will call a meeting of the school board or a general meeting at the school to discuss the issue with parents. Have ALL the parents show up in the same t-shirts and after a representative reads the "Free Banana Man Manifesto" (that includes a demand to change the school mascot to Banana Man) have all the parents start chanting "FREE BANANA MAN" and placing bunches of bananas at the feet of the school board.
...they'll cave faster than a house of cards in an earthquake.
Someone will have to chain themselves to the doors of the school library in protest and we'll all lock arms and have a sit-in and refuse to leave the premises. Then, when they read the announcement that we're all under arrest, we'll go limp and refuse to cooperate and make The Man carry us to the paddy wagon. Proper protest songs will have to be sung. (I'd suggest "Give Bananas a Chance".)
that's literally all he did. They gave out tons and tons of in school suspension yesterday b/c the kids came to school wearing "free banana man" shirts.
I will join you in the protests. Overkill, overkill, overkill.
The school has an opportunity to use this as a "teachable moment" and look at the history of protests, Gandhi, Kent State, sit-ins, Boston Tea Party, etc. Instead they're quashing creativity and expression. Grrr. Of course, none of that's on the test, right?
They did bring bananas, but the principal made them all throw them out. Everyone wearing a "free banana man" shirt was giving Saturday detention and made to take off the shirt.
What was their reasoning for making the kids take off their shirts?
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