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No Hugs Allowed at Ill. Middle School

Ohanian Comment: Wanting to know more about the Percy Julian Middle School, I looked them up. The Great School rating based on test results is 8 out of 10. Class size is 22. So in a school that is doing well, couldn't they figure out a different policy for getting kids to get to class on time?

I don't know what relevance it is, but these kids sure do have to bring a lot of supplies to school. Here is the list of supplies for sixth graders.

I wonder: Are teachers allowed to give students who get it right to bring a 1.5 inch 3-ring binder for Math 1--not part of a trapper keeper, 3-ring 2” binder or trapper keeper or accordion folder 1, Subject dividers, package of 8, 6 pocket folders with 3 clips, TI-30XIIS Scientific calculator, 2 large boxes of facial tissue, 1 toll of paper towels, and a USB Flash Drive (there's more, lots more, on the supply list), a hug?

By The Associated Press

OAK PARK, Ill. (AP) -- If you need a hug, you won't get it at Percy Julian Middle School. Principal Victoria Sharts banned hugging among the suburban Chicago school's 860 students anywhere inside the building. She said students were forming ''hug lines'' that made them late for classes and crowded the hallways.

''Hugging is really more appropriate for airports or for family reunions than passing and seeing each other every few minutes in the halls,'' Sharts said.

Another reason to institute the no-hugging policy was that some hugs could be too long and too close, she said.

''There is another side to the issue when a hug is either unwanted or becomes inappropriate as judged by one of the students involved,'' Sharts wrote in a statement to parents. ''On occasion, we do deal with those incidents. The goal is always to promote safe and orderly hallways where everybody can get by, be safe, and be on time.''

— staff
Associated Press
2007-10-02


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