NO TOUCHING!!!!

By Jennifer J. Foster

Published: April 2, 2009

“This stuff is going to be met with severe action.“

That’s a quote from Stephan Haversnik, an 11-year-old 6th grader at East Shore Middle School in Milford, Conn., describing the consequences students were told to expect for the intolerable, dangerous commission of ... high-fives.

You read that right: Following a fight among students last week, the Milford school district sent home a reminder about the district’s strict NO TOUCHING policy—and since school officials apparently have no confidence in their ability to control the environment in school and dispense effective discipline, touching of any kind, including hugs and high-fives, are considered “horseplay.“

Stephan’s dad has it right: His son now attends a “sanitized school.“

What’s going to happen to these kids when they leave school and people in the world are allowed to—GASP!!—TOUCH them?????

I wonder if East Shore’s mascot is The Bubbles. If it isn’t, it should be: It’s fitting, and it’s just as dumb as the policy itself.

Watch the report here.