Expelled from school: suspended for 21 days and rejected despite the Administrative Court (Tar) having ordered his return to class. Entry denied even in front of the carabinieri that the parents, together with the lawyer, had called. The protagonist is not a repeat bully but a child of just six years old from Ladispoli, a coastal town near Rome, an elementary school student who the certificates from the hospital where he is being treated indicate he suffers from «an attention deficit hyperactivity disorder». A boy who should be supported in his educational journey, as certified by the treating doctors.
Valditara Orders Inspection
The Minister of Education and Merit Valditara wants to see clearly and understand why the school management did not comply with a decree from the administrative judiciary: he will now send an inspection to the school that denied the child access. «Our son must return to school as ordered by the Court, the minister must make the school respect the Tar decree, do it for the serenity of our six-year-old son who is denied a right», the appeal of the parents of the child catapulted into this affair. The mother and father of the little student on February 26th receive a certified email from the school: «Your son is removed from the school community from February 28th to March 21st». Few words and not even an explanation to communicate a decision made by the Institute's council of which not even the parents of the other students know anything, indeed some - as it is learned - show regret.
«On February 28th I immediately filed a precautionary appeal to the Tar», explains Daniele Leppe, the family's lawyer. The appeal also complains that the 21-day suspension is illegitimate because «no consideration was given to the pathology the child suffers from, which is the cause of the behavior in class, and no principle of proportionality was respected, seeing that the school exclusion beyond 15 days was not preceded by any previous disciplinary infraction».
The Decree
And it is noted that the student «has never shown aggressive manifestations towards other children or adults that would justify extreme measures to not endanger others' safety». The Administrative Court of Lazio issues on March 1st a precautionary decree suspending the measure and ordering the school to readmit the student». Not only: the administrative judges order the school «to provide the minor with a number of support hours compatible with the severity of the illness he suffers from».
The parents in fact complained in the appeal that the school «did not consider it useful to pair the OEPA operator with a support teacher» an indication that was expressly requested by the team taking care of the child «to allow the correct integration of the child into the class group's educational activities». But the school does not back down even in front of the decree. The parents on Monday, March 4th, bring the child to the Institute but the janitor bars the way, "it's not possible". «The manager doesn't even dignify us with a word - adds Leppe who had accompanied the parents and the child - We were forced to call the carabinieri but the principal was immovable. At that point, we made a report to the carabinieri for non-compliance with a judicial order». However, five days have passed since the decree and the child has not set foot in school again. The parents are worried. It's not just education at stake, therefore a right, but possible traumas experienced at a delicate age by an already fragile child.
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