Two twin sisters have been charged in alleged teacher attack, but was the two suppose to have been removed from the school?
Dynesha and Dykesha Harris, both 17, were arrested after school officials say they got in altercation with two other students. Investigators say a teacher trying to break up the fight was injured when he was hit by a broomstick the Harris sisters were using as a weapon. Estle requested to transfer Dynesha and Dykesha Harris last summer after their brother was arrested for his involvement in an unrelated teacher attack in May 2007.
The transfer was stopped by Mobile City Councilman Fred Richardson, who wrote letters to the Mobile County School Board, the school superintendent and the NAACP. Richardson called Estle's reason for wanting to transfer the twins "inadequate," and he said it lacked substance. Richardson appears to have forgotten the letters he has written to several individuals. No, no, no, I did not, I did not," replied Richardson.
Why did Estle speak up at the meeting with the Harris family, Councilman Richardson, then Supertindent Dodge and Mobile Co. NAACP President Jimmie Gardner? He agreed to let the Harris sisters back in school at Murphy High School. The question again is why didn’t Mr. Estle
Principal of Murphy High School in Mobile speak up and demand the students to be moved way before now.
My take on this matter: Each child in this city, county, state or nation should have the fundamental right to attend any school he or she wish. I believe that the transfer request and the charges is a another attack on the Harris family because of the two girls brother incident at that school last year.
