Buffalo teacher sends note to parents regarding smelly kids, dirty clothes
Sharon D. Perry Dunnigan of the BUILD Academy was disciplined for her note saying, 'Several children aged 3-4 are coming to school (sometimes daily) with soiled, stained, or dirty clothes,' and 'Some give off unpleasant smells and some appear unclean and unkempt,' before urging their parents to 'take care of this matter.'
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An upstate New York pre-K teacher is under fire for shaming smelly students in a note home to parents.
Sharon D. Perry Dunnigan sparked outrage with the Nov. 14. message that said some of the kids were turning up so dirty that she couldn't bear to touch them.
"Several children aged 3-4 are coming to school (sometimes daily) with soiled, stained, or dirty clothes," the teacher at BUILD Academy in Buffalo wrote.
"Some give off unpleasant smells and some appear unclean and unkempt," she added, before urging the parents to "take care of this matter."
"It is a health and safety concern. It also makes it difficult for me to be close to them or even want to touch them. Enough said," she said.
Parents complained and the school board launched an investigation, which the Buffalo News reports ended with Dunnigan being disciplined.
"Everybody on the board was appalled by that, everybody," said board member James Sampson at a meeting, adding, "We're very concerned about what this communicates to little kids and to families."
Sharon D. Perry Dunnigan of the BUILD Academy was disciplined for her note saying, 'Several children aged 3-4 are coming to school (sometimes daily) with soiled, stained, or dirty clothes,' and 'Some give off unpleasant smells and some appear unclean and unkempt,' before urging their parents to 'take care of this matter.'
go read note
An upstate New York pre-K teacher is under fire for shaming smelly students in a note home to parents.
Sharon D. Perry Dunnigan sparked outrage with the Nov. 14. message that said some of the kids were turning up so dirty that she couldn't bear to touch them.
"Several children aged 3-4 are coming to school (sometimes daily) with soiled, stained, or dirty clothes," the teacher at BUILD Academy in Buffalo wrote.
"Some give off unpleasant smells and some appear unclean and unkempt," she added, before urging the parents to "take care of this matter."
"It is a health and safety concern. It also makes it difficult for me to be close to them or even want to touch them. Enough said," she said.
Parents complained and the school board launched an investigation, which the Buffalo News reports ended with Dunnigan being disciplined.
"Everybody on the board was appalled by that, everybody," said board member James Sampson at a meeting, adding, "We're very concerned about what this communicates to little kids and to families."
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