A teen’s spirit week stunt has landed him in hot water.
Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School Senior Dan Depaolis, dressed in medieval garb, rode a horse into the school’s parking lot as part of spirit week. What he, and his parents, thought was a good-natured stunt, the school deemed dangerous. Depaolis was suspended from school for two days.
The vice principal allegedly suspended the 17-year-old even after the boy’s father explained that the horse was brought in on a trailer and that no one was in danger.
The father tells FOX25 the school compared the stunt to bringing a “loaded firearm” to school and that he and his wife were shocked to hear about the suspension, saying that the 1100-pound horse, named Pierre, would never hurt a fly.
How many of you have been around horses? Many of man lies in a grave due to a horse kick. Some horses are high strung. If a crowd of kids rushed in, it could spook the animal. Being Bostonians I doubt these kids knew it wasn’t a great idea to crowd a horses hind quarters. I think if they had coordinated this with the schools administration so they could have kept the parking lot free of people and cars it would have been fine. Did I not spy a broad sword in a scabbard? They should have cleared it with principal before the show.
admittedly it’s boston and as everybody knows the communists are prone to nanny state over-reaction but this crazy even for them. It’s gotten to the point where anybody shows any initiative or any creativity and they are shot down. just que up and you will be told how to celebrate, there are times and ways to do this. do not deviate!
This is actually funny because not two weeks ago, the Philadelphia Inquirer had a lengthy feature about a teenager who rides his horse to school (in Phila. suburbs) every day, a Percheron, no les (very large horsie). The only complaint is the odor. Come to think of it, I guess horse odor could knock you out.
the obvious lesson is never ride your horse to school unless you are carrying a loaded firearm. That way if the kids all swarm around your ride and start to spook it, you can get them to back off….
History could have been so different.
Paul Revere riding from Boston to warn of the British – after conducting a risk assesment and obtaining a horse riding and revolutionary warning permit from the authorities.
“I give the USA about another 75-100 years before….”
Ah, so you’re an optimist.
wtf is spirit week?
@wtf is spirit week?
I assume it immediately follows beer week