AND THE S&P DROPS 65 POINTS.
PARENTS WANT THEIR KIDS TO
KNOW ABOUT IT, THEN IT SHOULD
BE SOMETHING THEY SHOULD BE
ALLOWED TO SPEAK ON.
MIKE: CONTROVERSY QUESTIONS ON
MATH HOME WORK STILL CAUSING AN
UPROAR TONIGHT.
FOURTH GRADERS BEING ASKED
QUESTIONS ABOUT ALCOHOLIC PUNCH
AND FOOD STAMPS.
SHEREE: AND TONIGHT WE ARE
LEARNING MUCH MORE ABOUT THE
INCIDENT AT ONE CINCINNATI
PUBLIC SCHOOL.
WLWT CURTIS FULLER HAS MORE ON
THE STORY YOU SAW FIRST ON
WLWT.
CURTIS.
CURTIS: WELL, C.P.S. IS TRYING
TO TRACK DOWN HOW THIS MATERIAL
GOT THROUGH THE SENSOR, YOU
MIGHT SAY, AND INTO THE HANDS
OF FOURTH GRADERS.
YOU KNOW, WE TEACH OUR KIDS TO
ALWAYS CHECK THEIR HOME WORK
BEFORE TURNING IT IN.
C.P.S. SAYS THOSE RESPONSIBLE
FOR DISTRIBUTING THIS
QUESTIONABLE MATERIAL SHOULD
HAVE DONE THE SAME THING BEFORE
GIVING THE ASSIGNMENT TO THE
KIDS.
IT IS ONLY DAY THREATT
NORTH
AVONDALE MONTESSORI AND THERE
IS A LOT OF TALK ABOUT HOME
WORK BUT NOT WHAT YOU MIGHT
THINK.
IN IS WRONG.
THERE IS NO WAY WE SHOULD BE
REFERENCING LIQUOR IN A FOURTH
GRADE CLASSROOM.
ANY CLASSROOM.
IT'S JUST IRRESPONSIBLE.
COURTIS: THIS IS WHAT HE'S
REFERRING TO.
THIS IS A STUDY PACK.
THE RECIPE IS FOR MIXED DRINKS
THAT INCLUDES CLUB SOCIETY
SOWEDA, FRUIT PUNCH AND LIQUOR.
PART TWO, MATH QUESTIONS ABOUT
THE AMOUNT OF FOOD STAMPS A
FAMILY WILL RECEIVE.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S AN
APPROPRIATE QUESTION TO ASK
KIDS.
COURTIS: AND NEITHER DOES THE
SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THE WORDING IS BOTH INSENSITIVE
AND DEVELOPMENTALLY
INAPPROPRIATE.
THE ASSIGNMENT WAS SENT HOME
WITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE AND
APPROVAL OF SCHOOL OR DISTRICT
LEADERSHIP.
CINCINNATI PUBLIC SCHOOL IS
INVESTIGATING POSSIBLE
DISCIPLINARY ACTION.
I DON'T THINK THIS IS AN
OFFENSE THAT WILL CAUSE FOR HIS
DISMISSAL OR ANYTHING, YOU
KNOW, THAT EXTREME.
I THINK YOU HAVE TO CALL INTO
QUESTION WHETHER OR NOT THERE
IS ENOUGH SENSITIVITY THERE,
AGAIN, TO UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE
ARE OFFENDED BY THIS.
COURTIS: A C.P.S. SPOKESPERSON
SAID THEY MADE CALLS AND IN
GENERAL PEOPLE ARE TAKING THIS
SERIOUSLY.
IT DOES NOT APPEAR THE TEACHER
CREATED THE DOCUMENT HIMSELF.
YOU KNOW, EVERYONE MAKES
MISTAKES.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ONLY HUMAN.
SO I JUST -- MAYBE HE'LL LEARN
FROM HIS MISTAKES, YOU KNOW,
HOPEFULLY.
COURTIS: I'M TOLD THE MAIN
TEACHER INVOLVED IS WELL LIKED
AND ACTUALLY HAS APOLOGIZED FOR
APPARENTLY DOING THIS.
AND HE SAYS HE FEELS HORRIBLE
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.
NOW, THE DISTRICT SAYS IT DOES
NOT APPEAR THAT THIS WAS AN
INTENTIONAL EFFORT TO BE
INSENSITIVE.
JUST CARELESS.
THE BOTTOM LINE, ALL
