The Little Brown Reader: Students Act Out Against Authoritative Principal -- He suspends them

November 12, 2003

Students Act Out Against Authoritative Principal -- He suspends them

This is the same school, same principal that suspended rapping student Sashwat Singh on October 29th. Word on the street is that he's a bit of an authoritarian.

Bad behavior at rowdy rally bans two students from Homecoming

Excerpt:

Members of the boys volleyball team read a lewd poem that ended with the word "masturbate." Cerutti said he did not hear the entire poem, but walked in toward the end of the reading.

"Appropriate and comprehensive disciplinary action was taken," Cerutti said, referring to the disciplined students.

He would not reveal the two students who were disciplined, however, two members of the boys volleyball team were suspended from three matches for unspecified reasons.

The two boys were banned from further participation in Homecoming activities last weekend. Cerutti would not say if the boys were suspended from school.

Another incident that occurred during the nearly two-hour assembly included a pie-eating contest among the Homecoming Court that devolved into a food fight, resulting in whipped cream being spilled on the gym floor.

"We are responding to specific incidents, and the leadership team will be examining the week of Homecoming activities," Cerutti, who is in his first year as principal at Central, said.

Students said that the assembly was not out of the ordinary and that it could be a case of students reacting to Cerutti's tougher style.

"Because Cerutti has been more strict than usual with the Homecoming events. People were a little more resistant to what he was doing, like the seniors standing up and turning around, that's not (what normally goes on)," junior Michelle Hoelker said.

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Comments

my principal is doing the same as principal cerutti.But he is strict for no reason.Dont ask for this principals name for i wont tell but can you tell me if students can override a principal for the strict wall against our freedom?he has more power but in the constitution or to where we made the branches of government that was to have a balance of power for the citizens as well.But when you look into this school its impossible to see that our scale is welly balaced and we are higher than the pricipals side.

Posted by: brittney at May 12, 2004 03:19 PM