Lemon the Duck Banned from Classroom
Superintendent says therapy duck is no longer allowed in classroom after finding feathers in the ventilation system.
http://portsmouth.patch.com/articles/lem...
At least one popular member of Hathaway Elementary Schoolwill not return to the classroom this year.
Lemon the Duck, the well-known Pekin duck born with a neurological condition, will not be housed this year inside the second-grade classroom of Laura Backman.
The superintendent has asked Backman, who is the owner of Lemon and a second-grade teacher, to house the duck outside after discovering feathers in the school's ventilation system. Some of the feathers have traveled to other classrooms, said Superintendent of Schools Dr. Susan Lusi.
"It (the feathers) travels to the other rooms," Lusi said. "We would have no problem with Lemon being at the school, as long as she is kept outside."
According to Lusi, Lemon was housed several years ago in an outdoor pen at Mellville Elementary School due to another teacher's allergy to duck feathers.
At the time, Backman says, she had many opportunities to visit with Lemon and take children out at recess to visit. At Hathaway, that is simply not the case.
"I'm happy they are willing to have her outside, but that's not good enough," Backman said. "They don't understand the positives of having her in the classroom."
Lemon the Duck is not a classroom pet, but a pet-assisted therapy duck who has become an active part of the classroom curriculum, according to the second-grade teacher... http://portsmouth.patch.com/articles/lemon-the-duck-banned-from-classroom
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What a horrible school administrator! To deprive the school children of such a meaningful experience and to promote a throwaway society. Put a screen over the vents for Pete's sake!
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