According to a story carried by CBS 3, a Philadelphia (PA, US) television station, authorities have charged a 12-year-old student with disabilities with disorderly conduct after she urinated in her pants at school. The CBS 3 report is based on a report published 20 December 2006 by the Danville (PA, US) Press Enterprise under the headline “Danville pupil charged with wetting her pants: Angry parents say police shouldn’t have been called” and with the lead, “A sixth-grade girl was charged by police with deliberately wetting her pants at Danville Middle School. (The Press Enterprise article requires a paid subscription, so I’m basing my coverage on an AP article carried by CBS 3.
The girl had been preparing a holiday lunch with her classmates and teachers at Danville Middle School on December 20th.
Her mother said when her daughter refused to go to the kitchen to wash some pots and pans, teachers summoned principal Kevin Duckwork, who confronted the girl.
She then wet her pants.
Parents and school administrators apparently differ over the reason the girl wet her pants. The girl’s mother said the girl is afraid of the principal. The local police chief said the “chool officials are at their ‘wit’s end’ with the girl.”
Having worked with a few children who urinated and defecated in the wrong places and at the wrong times, I know that these things happen. The story needs a little more information to help decide whether it was possible to handle the situation differently and, if it was, how it should have been handled.
Link to the AP story as carried by CBS 3.
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