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I WAS NOT SURE IF ANYONE WOULD WANT TO READ THIS! I WAS ASKED TO
PASS IT ON>>>

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Agnes,

I just called and spoke with vice principal Jeffrey Andreano of
Oleans
high
school at length. He was very open to discussing the incident and
not
at all
defensive. Here is the story from his pov. The principal told the
student he
could not hang the posters up (because that is a school policy to
prevent all
sorts of opinion posters, hate speech, etc. from being posted).
Posters
advertising an event (such as a peace rally) are allowed, but not
"opinion"
posters.

Next, the student approached individual teachers and received
permission (even
though, again, it's not really school policy). When the Vice
Principal
learned
that the student had received permission, he removed the detention.
(Indeed,
the vice principal complimented the student on the wording for
peace,
etc.).

Apparently, people are leaving nasty voicemails at Oleans high
school
with no
names because they are not hearing the entire story (and are not
willing to take
responsiblity for their own actions).

While I applaud the spirit of this e-mail message, I am very much
concerned that
we are not getting the whole picture, and that this is simply making
the peace
movement look somewhat incompetent, gullible, and as if we are not
doing our
homework. Perhaps we should hear from the student Jeff Chandler
himself.

If you wouldn't mind forwarding this to everyone that you originally
sent the
message to, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you,

Greta Niu
Assistant Professor of English
Brockport College