A local junior high school student is suspended from school after writing “I Love Jesus” on his backpack.
His mother wants to know why.
His principal said it’s not as simple as the boy and his mother say.
The buzz Friday at Actis Junior High School is about Justin Molatore, sent home after he refused to leave his backpack in the school’s office.
Molatore said it’s because of the principal, but the school won’t budge.
Three words written by Molatore’s brother on his backpack days before the brother was sent overseas in the military, they read “I Love Jesus.”
But it’s those words that are causing the eighth grader to miss two days of class.
Actis Principal Bill Galloway said all writing is prohibited so covert messages don’t get through.
“They could be making a reference to drugs or gangs in a slang that we’re not aware of so that’s why we just keep it to the names,” said Galloway.
The Bakersfield City School District said they do allow writing on clothing and supplies that is appropriate for school.
You can find the school’s completely lame website here. Unlike websites for most schools, there are no pictures of the school grounds or of the principal. And this picture is about as lame as possible:
