Were two school supervisors attempting to teach students a lesson by intentionally humiliate them – PB/TK
Students ‘humiliated’ by having to sing and dance as punishment – By Diana Lambert and Molly Sullivan / June 5 2017
Two schoolyard supervisors were removed from Carroll Elementary School in Elk Grove after forcing eight students to sing and dance on stage last week as punishment for a recess infraction, district officials said Monday.
After a recess bell sounded Thursday, yard staff made sixth-grade students who were not standing still in line get on a stage to sing and play “Simon Says,” students said Monday after school.
“She made us sing ‘Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star’ and, like, the ‘Star Spangled Banner,’ ” said Ava Mak, one of the sixth-grade students who was punished. “She also made us sing ‘Row, Row, Row Your Boat.’ ”
“After the whole thing was over, she said it was for fun and it was meant for entertainment,” Mak said of the yard supervisor who took the lead in meting out the punishment.
The supervisor singled out two girls, including Mak, and made them sing the national anthem, sixth-grader Bilan Holif said.
“They didn’t know the lyrics and she said, ‘How do you not know the lyrics? I thought you were American,’ ” Holif said.
Mak, an Asian American, said she cried after the incident.
The unusual discipline was reported to school officials by other school staff shortly after the incident and the yard staff were removed from the campus.
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