WI School Plays Game With Students To Attain Personal Family Information
“Do your parents drink?” “Has anyone in your family been to jail?” “Have you ever wanted to commit suicide?” “Have you ever experienced or wanted to cut [yourself]?”
These were some of the questions allegedly asked of students by Marinette Middle School, WI. If the answer was “yes,” the children were instructed by the organizers to take a step forward toward a line, in a game called “Crossing the line.”
But it weren’t the students crossing the line, but school administrators. The parents of these students had reportedly not notified, and one child reports she was threatened with suspension if she didn’t participate.
Ann Gassel, with Missouri Watchdog, has the details of the story, including a list of questions a school cannot ask by federal law…without parental permission:
1. Political affiliations or beliefs of the student or student’s parent
2. Mental or psychological problems of the student or student’s family
3. Sex behavior or attitudes
4. Illegal, anti-social, self-incriminating, or demeaning behavior
5. Critical appraisals of others with whom respondents have close family relationships
6. Legally recognized privileged relationships, such as with lawyers, doctors, or minister
7. Religious practices, affiliations, or beliefs of the student or parents
8. Income, other than as required by law to determine program eligibility.
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