Jesus Drawing Gets Boy Suspended – A Massachusetts boy with special needs was suspended for drawing Jesus on a cross for a “draw what reminds you of Christmas” class lesson.
The Taunton, Massachusetts second-grader drew the stick-figure drawing pictured above while in class.
The boy was immediately suspended for drawing a violent image and ordered to undergo a psychological evaluation.
The youngster had recently gone with his family to see the Christmas display at the National Shrine of Our Lady of La Salette, a Christian retreat site in nearby Attleboro.
The boy’s father was flabbergasted when he learned from the principal that his son had to undergo an evaluation in order to return to school.
“When she told me he needed to be psychologically evaluated, I thought she was playing,” he said.
The man said his son, who gets specialized reading and speech instruction at school, has never shown any tendency toward violence.
“He’s never been suspended,” he said. “He’s 8 years old. They overreacted.”
He went for the psychological evaluation — at his parents’ expense — the next day and was cleared to return to school the following Monday after the psychological evaluation found nothing to indicate that he posed a threat to himself or others.
The young boy, however, was traumatized by the incident, which made going back to school very difficult, his father said.
School administrators have approved the father’s request to have the boy transferred to another elementary school in the district.
And that’s the latest from Action News on the Taunton, Massachusetts second grader whose Jesus drawing gets boy suspended.
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