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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFirst-graders in an Alaskan school tried to poison a classmate using silica gel
AN ALASKA charter school suspended three first-grade girls who had plotted to kill their classmate, according to their principal.
The three girls planned to use silica gel packets, which are commonly found in pre-packaged food products to keep moisture away, to poison another student, KTUU reported.
Three students in the class were planning on using the silica gel packets (these are not actually poison, but the students believed they were) from their lunchtime seaweed to poison and kill another student, Winterberry Charter School Principal Shanna Mall reportedly wrote in an email to parents on March 22.
Another student heard about the plan and told school administrators, said Jennifer Castro, spokeswoman for the Anchorage Police Department.
Were grateful that that student was able to speak up and obviously at such a young age, Ms Castro said. The important lesson here is to really teach your kids if they hear something like this, something where someone intends to do harm to someone else, they should tell someone that they trust right away.
The three girls planned to use silica gel packets, which are commonly found in pre-packaged food products to keep moisture away, to poison another student, KTUU reported.
Three students in the class were planning on using the silica gel packets (these are not actually poison, but the students believed they were) from their lunchtime seaweed to poison and kill another student, Winterberry Charter School Principal Shanna Mall reportedly wrote in an email to parents on March 22.
Another student heard about the plan and told school administrators, said Jennifer Castro, spokeswoman for the Anchorage Police Department.
Were grateful that that student was able to speak up and obviously at such a young age, Ms Castro said. The important lesson here is to really teach your kids if they hear something like this, something where someone intends to do harm to someone else, they should tell someone that they trust right away.
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First-graders in an Alaskan school tried to poison a classmate using silica gel (Original Post)
RKP5637
Mar 2016
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Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)1. They should have pooled their allowances together and hired a Sicilian
ProfessorGAC
(64,413 posts)3. Um....
He's the sicilian and he ended up dead! That would not have been money well spent! Of course, this wasn't iocaine.
RKP5637
(67,030 posts)4. They're still young and learning!
Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)5. Here's kind of an amusing comment by a parent at their website...
"It is the greatest school we have been part of. Parent imvolvement is very strong and it has a wonderful very supportive and involved community. The children are truly nurtured in their individual talents."
Individual talents like trying to poison a classmate?
This is a Waldorf charter school. I'm not familiar with that curriculum.
MattBaggins
(7,894 posts)6. New Age Mysticism
RKP5637
(67,030 posts)7. Amazing! Hmmmm, I do wonder what the curriculum is. n/t
hedda_foil
(16,368 posts)9. Waldorf schools are very liberal and nurturing.
hedda_foil
(16,368 posts)8. Three FIRST GRADE GIRLS!!
If you know any first grade girls, you know how little they are and that they aren't prone to the cliques and feuds.of middle schoolers. This is so bizzare.
Rex
(65,616 posts)10. 1st grade Heathers!?
Disturbing.
steve2470
(37,456 posts)11. this is kinda sad nt