Peace in Our Schools!

Anti-war students suspended for an in school sit-in at Morton West High School. Rainbow Push showed up and threw their cultivated sense of injury around. Then the liberal ACLU reared its ugly head with the selective vision.

The first amendment is not unlimited in school. Does this need to be said by anyone? Well, yes, because apparently these kids and some of their parents think they should be given special treatment. Tribune:

Nowakowski said the suspensions were doled out because students disrupted the school day. "While we respect the rights of students to express their views, that must be done in such a way as to respect the rights of the other 3,400 students at Morton West who are entitled to a peaceful, disruption-free school day," he said in the statement.

He went on to quote a Berwyn police report of the incident describing how 20 to 30 protesters refused to leave the cafeteria, sat on the floor, locked hands, arms and legs and said they were going to remain there until the end of the school day.

Students insisted the protest was peaceful and didn't disrupt classes. At last week's school board meeting, Jonathon Acevedo, who faced expulsion, said: "We were holding hands and singing 'Kumbaya' and the song 'Give Peace a Chance.'"

Typical liberals, think they're above the law, spouting off and being disruptive. Then they expect us to applaud them for their navel-gazing virtue. Maybe the teachers could ask for a moment of silence. Ah, but one teacher spoke in support:

Teacher Gale Holmlund told board members that her classroom and others were not disrupted by the protest.

Any guesses on what she "teaches"? I'd hazard history or English. Bingo.

Is it too much to ask for peace in our schools? And respect for real learning, not cheap and dated political theatre?