{"id":2223155,"date":"2024-04-17T12:30:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T16:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/student-suspended-3-days-for-using-term-illegal-alien\/"},"modified":"2024-04-17T12:31:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T16:31:09","slug":"student-suspended-3-days-for-using-term-illegal-alien","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/student-suspended-3-days-for-using-term-illegal-alien\/","title":{"rendered":"Student receives 3-day suspension over the use of the term &#8216;illegal alien"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstudent-suspended-3-days-for-using-term-illegal-alien%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2223155&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-education-sec-on-womens-school-sports-we-have-a-legal-responsibility-to-include-transgender-athletes\/\" title=\"Biden Education Sec On Women\u2019s School Sports: We Have a \u2018Legal Responsibility\u2019 to Include Transgender Athletes\">high school student<\/a> in North Carolina was suspended for\u200c three days after using\u200c the term &#8220;illegal alien&#8221; in\u2062 a vocabulary assignment. The incident at Central Davidson High School sparked controversy when another student felt offended and threatened the suspended student. The school administration deemed the question disrespectful to Hispanic students, \u200bleading to disciplinary \u2062action. Your summary is concise and captures the key points of the incident where a student was suspended for using the term &#8220;illegal \u200balien&#8221; in North \u2063Carolina. It highlights the controversy, feelings\u2062 of offense, threats, and the school administration&#8217;s\u2062 response effectively.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">A North Carolina <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/women-shouldnt-accept-third-place-in-a-race-they-won\/\" title=\"Women Shouldn\u2019t Accept Third Place In A Race They Won\">high school boy<\/a> was suspended for three days because he used the term \u201cillegal alien\u201d on a vocabulary assignment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Leah McGhee\u2019s 16-year-old son, who attends Central Davidson High School in Lexington, was given a list of vocabulary words by his teacher, one of which was the word \u201calien.\u201d She said her son was trying to clarify exactly what the term referred to, asking, \u201cLike space aliens or illegal aliens without green cards?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinajournal.com\/student-suspended-for-using-term-illegal-alien-in-english-class\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carolina Journal<\/a> procured an email that said another high school boy was offended by the question and reportedly threatened to fight McGhee\u2019s son. The teacher notified the assistant principal, which led to the school\u2019s administration deciding the question was offensive and disrespectful to Hispanics in the classroom.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI didn\u2019t make a statement directed towards anyone; I asked a question,\u201d McGhee\u2019s son stated. \u201cI wasn\u2019t speaking of Hispanics because everyone from other countries needs green cards, and the term \u201cillegal alien\u201d is an actual term that I hear on the news and can find in the dictionary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cBecause of his question, our son was disciplined and given THREE days OUT of school suspension for \u2018racism,\u2019\u201d Leah McGhee declared. \u201cHe is devastated and concerned that the racism label on his school record will harm his future goal of receiving a track scholarship. We are concerned that he will fall behind in his classes due to being absent for three consecutive days.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to the school district\u2019s student <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1_M1284x4VS6VuqvFk5D_CSTEzXVbaEkl\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">handbook<\/a>, \u201cschools may place restrictions on a student\u2019s right to free speech when the speech is obscene, abusive, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/transgender-activist-reported-to-dea-for-openly-promoting-illegal-drug-distribution-network\/\" title=\"Transgender Activist Reported to DEA for Openly Promoting Illegal Drug Distribution Network\">promoting illegal drug<\/a> use, or is reasonably expected to cause a substantial disruption to the school day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1712932862202000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0plT8RRdMy9XUpIhocnjQS\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The handbook also notes, \u201cA student must be provided with an opportunity for an informal hearing with the principal before a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chiefs-qb-patrick-mahomes-says-decision-to-bar-shacarri-richardson-from-olympics-disappointing\/\" title=\"Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes Says Decision To Bar Sha\u2019Carri Richardson From Olympics \u2018Disappointing\u2019\">short-term suspension<\/a> is imposed. The principal or designee may hold the hearing immediately after giving the student oral or written notice of the charges against him or her. At the informal hearing, the student has the right to be present, to be informed of the charges and the basis for the accusations against him or her, and to make statements in defense or mitigation of the charges.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A North Carolina high school student faced a three-day suspension for using &#8220;illegal alien&#8221; on a vocabulary assignment. The incident involved Leah McGhee&#8217;s 16-year-old son at Central Davidson High School. The teacher provided a vocabulary list containing the word &#8220;alien,&#8221; leading to the student&#8217;s disciplined action<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":2223156,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-1266645465.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2223155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-1266645465.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2223155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2223155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2223155\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2223156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2223155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2223155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2223155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}