What a bastard! (Sorry Lee-ann, but that is the only appropriate word.) Read this:
Berkmar High principal Jim Markham said he has fielded a slew of angry phone calls and e-mails for denying a handicapped high school senior a walk across the school's graduation stage last week.
But he said Tuesday he sticks by the decision, which the student, Masha Malikina, considers "incredibly cruel" and plans to challenge."It was an issue of safety," Markham said. "It was one of the hardest decisions I've ever had to make."
But, according to the student:
Malikina said her doctors had given her the go-ahead, and she was shocked at the last-minute derailment of her plans."I was told that it was a time issue, that they were afraid I would take too long," she said. "No one ever said they were concerned about leg spasms."
I would have waited, with pleasure.
Posted by Rich at May 31, 2002 1:18 AM