Erasable Doodle Could Cost City $1 Million

Remember Alexa Gonzalez? She’s the 12-year-old girl who was forcefully taken out of her junior high school in handcuffs for doodling on her desk. Well, she’s RIGHTFULLY suing the Department of Education and the NYPD for excessive force and violating her rights. She is seeking $1 million in damages and according to legal papers, was treated like a criminal by school officials before the cops even arrived. Gonzalez claims she was “physically dragged by a teacher and an assistant principal” during the incident. |NYDN|

Spanish Teacher, Assistant Principal, Principal, NYPD Should All Be Schooled

Some more details have emerged about the arrest of NYC’s most copious junior high vandal, Alexa Gonzalez, the 12-year-old student busted for doodling on her desk with a washable marker. The unapologetic principal, Marilyn Grant, met with the girl’s mother on Friday and told her there’s nothing officials could do, it’s school policy to contact the NYPD for incidents like this so don’t blame her. For those keeping score, here’s the list of characters that unnecessarily ramped up the disciplinary process and each is more guilty than the next: Spanish teacher (For not giving the girl a wet sponge and an abrasive to wash off the desk); Assistant Principal (For not giving the girl detention instead of calling School Safety); Principal (For defending this egregious policy); NYPD (For actually slapping cuffs on a 12-year-old for such a minor offense).

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Unlawful Doodler Update

ANIMAL contacted NYC’s Department of Education about the 12-year-old female who was arrested for scribbling with a washable marker and according to their press office, the assistant principal made an “error” in judgment by reporting the incident to School Safety who in turn contacted the NYPD. The school is lifting the suspension immediately, although it wasn’t clear if it would be expunged from her record or not. Officials at the school are also meeting with Alexa Gonzalez’s parents today in what I hope is the world’s biggest ass-kissing session ever. In a fitting twist of irony, the principal who wrongly handed over the student to the cops could face disciplinary action herself from the superintendent.

Prolific Graffiti Vandal Arrested, Punished

A 12-year-old girl from Queens was led out of her school in handcuffs after she was caught doodling on her desk with an erasable marker on Monday. Alexa Gonzalez wrote, “I love my friends Abby and Faith,” and even had the gall to add a menacing smiley face. The young lady was detained for several hours at a nearby police precinct and even though education officials now admit the entire case was handled terribly, she was suspended from her junior high school in Forest Hills. Gonzalez was also sentenced to community service by a family court. A principal at the school refused to comment, saying the matter was “still under investigation.” |NYDN|