Lou Posted August 28, 2012 at 11:19 PM Share Posted August 28, 2012 at 11:19 PM School asks deaf preschooler to change his sign language name By Ron Recinto | The Lookout – 3 hrs ago Three-and-a-half year old Hunter Spanjer, who is deaf, signs his name by crossing his forefinger and index finger and moving his hand up and down.To his family, friends and those who know the Signing Exact English (S.E.E.) language that the Grand Island, Neb., boy uses, that gesture uniquely means "Hunter Spanjer." But to Hunter's school district, it might mean something else. The district claims that it violates a rule that forbids anything in the school that looks like a weapon, reports KOLN-TV.And Hunter's parents claim that Grand Island Pubic Schools administrators have asked them to change their son's sign language name."Anybody that I have talked to thinks this is absolutely ridiculous," Hunter's grandmother Janet Logue told the TV station. "This is not threatening in any way."Hunter's father Brian Spanjer said, "It's a symbol. It's an actual sign, a registered sign, through S.E.E." The family told KOLN that lawyers from the National Association of the Deaf may push for Hunter's right to sign his name at the school.Jack Sheard, Grand Island Public Schools spokesperson told KOLN, "We are working with the parents to come to the best solution we can for the child." One Grand Island resident said she disagrees with the school."I find it very difficult to believe that the sign language that shows his name resembles a gun in any way would even enter a child's mind," Fredda Bartenbach said in the news report.http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/school-asks-deaf-preschooler-change-sign-language-name-191629255.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TyGuy Posted August 28, 2012 at 11:27 PM Share Posted August 28, 2012 at 11:27 PM Yes, yes they can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ming Posted August 28, 2012 at 11:36 PM Share Posted August 28, 2012 at 11:36 PM Kind of sad, don't ya think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilphil Posted August 29, 2012 at 12:00 AM Share Posted August 29, 2012 at 12:00 AM As if a deaf pre-schooler doesn't already have enough obstacles in his path... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt555gs Posted August 29, 2012 at 12:28 AM Share Posted August 29, 2012 at 12:28 AM Insanity! Guns != bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted August 29, 2012 at 01:16 AM Share Posted August 29, 2012 at 01:16 AM These people are totally ignorant. Give someone just a little authority and they think they are some kind of authority over all kinds of issues. School boards are way out of line on things like this and I think it is time to put these kind of people in their places. Anywhere suits me as long as they are in a desolate place with no-one around to rule over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boog Posted August 29, 2012 at 01:45 AM Share Posted August 29, 2012 at 01:45 AM A**HolesBoog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LYU370 Posted August 29, 2012 at 02:02 AM Share Posted August 29, 2012 at 02:02 AM Hunter should tell the school board that they are number one! If ya know what I mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFC Stu Posted August 29, 2012 at 02:51 AM Share Posted August 29, 2012 at 02:51 AM He may not be ablle to tell them they are #1, but come of us sure can! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikew Posted August 29, 2012 at 03:25 AM Share Posted August 29, 2012 at 03:25 AM He may not be ablle to tell them they are #1But he sure could send them a sign... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C0untZer0 Posted August 29, 2012 at 12:47 PM Share Posted August 29, 2012 at 12:47 PM Anti-gun zealots make me wish I had more middle fingers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Johnson Posted August 29, 2012 at 01:32 PM Share Posted August 29, 2012 at 01:32 PM Grand Island Nebraska is hardly a liberal bastion. This sounds like a one administrator position that could be easliy settled at the next school board meeting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzzard Posted August 29, 2012 at 02:49 PM Share Posted August 29, 2012 at 02:49 PM Grand Island Nebraska is hardly a liberal bastion. This sounds like a one administrator position that could be easliy settled at the next school board meeting. Just like they straightened out the Winnebago County Forest Preserve Board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigJim Posted August 29, 2012 at 04:56 PM Share Posted August 29, 2012 at 04:56 PM I'm surprised they didn't file some sort of criminal charge against the parents for naming the child "Hunter". I would have expected the school to require the parents change the boy's name to something non-violent like "Peace". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vezpa Posted August 29, 2012 at 08:31 PM Share Posted August 29, 2012 at 08:31 PM Parents should get a good lawyer and go to town. This story is appauling and this **** has to stop. take the school and the administrators to the cleaners. Put this little boy in fromt of 12 jurrors and they will have a field day ripping the school apart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F12Mahon Posted August 29, 2012 at 10:36 PM Share Posted August 29, 2012 at 10:36 PM Anti-gun zealots make me wish I had more middle fingers Hahahaha ahahahahahaha Eugene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xwing Posted August 30, 2012 at 12:04 PM Share Posted August 30, 2012 at 12:04 PM Zero tolerance for anything the left-wing administrators don't care for. Zero tolerance = zero thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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