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[madoka]

A Colorado elementary school student was suspended from school this week for singing a lyric from a popular LMFAO song, "I'm sexy and I know it."

Those six little words from the Los Angeles rap-influenced duo earned first-grader D'Avonte Meadows a three day dismissal from Sable Elementary in Aurora, Colo.

"I only just said the song," Meadows told Denver's ABC7 News. "I'm sexy and I know it."

School officials said D'Avonte was suspended for sexual harassment after he sang and the line to a female classmate who was standing in a lunch line. Unfortunately, it wasn't the first time he'd serenaded this girl with this particular lyric.

Aurora School District's Media Relations Specialist Paula Hans, said in a statement:

"Aurora Public Schools is committed to providing equitable learning for all students. We have policies and protocol in place to prevent any disruption to the learning environment. Due to privacy laws, we are unable to discuss appropriate disciplinary consequences about a specific student."

District policy, as outlined in the student handbook, states that sexual harassment "must have negative effects on the learning or work of others."

D'Avonte's mother, Stephanie Meadows, told ABC7 News that her son had had disciplinary problems before this week's infraction. Last month, she said, he was sent to the principal's office for singing the same song to the same girl.

This time, however, he was "shaking his booty" near the girl's face, Meadows told ABC7 News.

"I'm going to definitely have to sit with him and see if he understands exactly what the song means," Meadows told ABC7 News.

But Meadows still doesn't believe her son's recent actions justify suspension for sexual harassment.

"I could understand if he was fondling her, looking up her skirt, trying to look in her shirt. That, to me, is sexual harassment," Meadows told ABC7 News. "I'm just, I'm floored. They're going to look at him like he's a pervert. And it's like, that's not fair to him."

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Fortunate for him, he didn't dongchim anyone. He'd probably be imprisoned now if he did. His mom seems like she's going to take care of business.

[Dodge7]

he should have been reprimanded, but a three-day suspension is a but excessive.

[The Sultan of Seoul]

That is just too over the top.

Hey, listen up American Schools - THEY ARE JUST KIDS.

You explain that the behaviour is wrong, not to feel bad about it as you didn't know, but just don't do it again, not go overbaord like that, Jeezuz.

[sallymonster]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnl-K7SXQbg

scroll to 6:20

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[northway]

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[midnightpariah]

I feel that the principal did the right thing. If he wouldn't have suspended the student, the the girl's parents would have grounds for a lawsuit against the school for failure to prevent sexual harassment. Now, do I believe that this was sexual harassment? No, but unfortunately these are the times we live in. When I taught 5th grade, not a day would go by where someone didn't get threatened with a lawsuit by a kid or their parent.

Little Billy got an F on his math test? The teacher must be racist against Billy. Never mind that Billy thinks 2+2=5. Little Suzie was punching a kid half her size in the lunchroom. Teacher pulls Suzie off and Suzie gets a bruise on her arm as a result. School is sued for abusing Suzie.

Harmless little things now require bigger punishments because of this.

[KimchiNinja]

[NilesQ]

This is crazy. Sexual harrassment?! I can see suspending him for disobedience, if he'd been told not to sing it before, but sexual harrassment? He was stating a fact, he's sexy, and, he knows it. That should be a free speech issue!

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[sml7285]

I completely understand the decision the principle made. I've worked various jobs over the years and with sexual harassment cases, you have to look at a few things.

1) How uncomfortable is the person on the receiving end of the harassment
2) Has the person been asked before not to engage in similar acts
3) Has the harassment escalated since the warning?

It's clear that the girl was not comfortable with the behavior of the boy. He had been warned before repeatedly and his actions had gotten worse.

I'd say a 3 day suspension is completely warranted.

[northway]

Those of you who are in favor of the suspension do realize the kid is only six years old, right? How can a six year old engage in sexual harassment?

http://m.upi.com/m/story/UPI-53631336349020/

[sml7285]

[northway]