12-year-old boy suspended for staring at girl.

GLENDALE, OH (FOX19) - A 12-year-old boy is suspended from school for 'staring' at another student. It happened in September of 2014 at St. Gabriel Consolidated School in Glendale. The parents filed suit in Hamilton County Common Pleas court to try and get the suspension erased claiming the school didn’t give their son due process.

A Judge denied the claim, which means as of now the suspension of the 12-year-old stands. “The perception is he intimidated her,” said Candice Tolbert, his mother.

Court paper shows the female student "felt fearful.” The incident happened on a Monday. The school was notified by the girl’s parents on Tuesday. They allegedly notified the Tolbert’s son on Tuesday, but did not tell the Tolbert’s until Wednesday. By that time, their son had already written an apology letter, which the parents said they were unaware of until notified by the school.

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Aggressive stare.

Good, you can't be visually harassing people.

WTF is this shit?

People are idiots. Tell me something that isn't new.

@Storm_Marine said:

The longer you stare, the funnier it gets.

this reminds me, I seriously need to move out of the US before I have kids.

if she didn't want to be stared at, she should have stopped reflecting photons.

it's clearly her fault.

Seriously? I got physically assaulted A LOT in middle school and I only remember someone getting in trouble and suspended for it once or twice....

WTF happened to the school system?

In this case, all this happened with eye contact.

he must have been staring daggers

How to make it through school? Don't be a boy.

This kind of news gets more ridiculous every time I read an article about it. What next boy breathes near girl, she gets offended.

Is that what they mean by eye rape?

lmao hilarious.

So... What are you allowed to do these days?

I sorta feel like I need to see a picture of this boy while he is staring at someone.

Is it just me or are girls/women far too coddled in this country?

While it seems ridiculous we are only getting one side of the story and there may be more to it.....

There may have been more going on. As far as we know, the school could have had very good reason to suspend the boy. Maybe he was following her around and stuff. On the other hand, it's also possible the girl and her parents are way overreacting. Hard to tell without more information.

Well then ..

Judging from what I read so far, what the boy did was wrong, however, I don't agree with the suspension.

Teachers or even the principal should have sat the boy down and told him that staring randomly at other people isn't proper, and while it may not seem like a big deal now, suspension and expulsion for frivolous reasons can affect a student's academic record and ultimately create a larger rift between students and school officials.

We as a society are focused way too much on punishment instead of first helping people realize the errors of their way.

I need to see the kid's stare before I pass judgement. It could be a really intense stare.

But really, wtf?

This probably wouldn't have happened had the boy not been black and the girl white; it's such a cliche.

I'll be reporting each of you for staring at my post to hard now.

@ianhh6 said:

I need to see the kid's stare before I pass judgement. It could be a really intense stare.

@Matthew-first:

Friday was an awesome movie.

This planet is going to shit. Humanity is going to shit. We're going backwards and not forwards. De-Evolving.

@drunk_pi: still is...

What on earth?

People get offended by absolutely everyting nowadays.

Fucking stupid. What is happening to people? I wonder if they'll even be able to defend themselves if the shit ever hits the fan...

Must be one of those Rapeface stare I guess.