A Question Someone Should Ask: "How many kids were put in handcuffs at my child's school this year?"

When you see three kids removed in handcuffs in two days at one school, you begin to wonder just how often this is happening throughout the school system; even at the elementary level. Once we even saw it happen to a middle school student at a River Bats game. Certainly, there are children who unfortunately require this severe method of restraint, but after being lead away from a school in handcuffs, how soon should a student return to that school? Those wrongfully accused or found innocent should of course be allowed to return immediately, but what of the other students? We know of cases where students with court appointed ankle mounted transponders return to school to the shock of some students and to the awe of others. One would wonder if a student's done something bad enough for the court system to put a tracking device on them, why should they be returning to their regular school. Ask your kids if they've ever seen a student with an "ankle bracelet" or a kid in cuffs. You might be surprised to hear what they have to say.