NorCal 1st Grader Suspended Over Yearbook Comment
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- An image of the altered yearbook photo.
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Natalie Day, 7, spent Tuesday home from her Yuba City school after she was suspended for "disruption" - scratching the picture of a classmate out of her yearbook at writing "because she is rude" next to the classmate's name, according to the suspension form given to her mother.
"She's been a bully to me all year," Natalie said. "I can't do anything for it."
Crystal Ledger, Natalie's mother, said her daughter has been bullied by the classmate all year, but admits that Natalie had once told the girl she would beat her up. Crystal said she even asked for her daughter to be moved to another class.
"To me this whole thing is a little silly," Crystal said. "I told her she did nothing wrong. This is her yearbook. I bought it for her, if she chooses to cut out, like, stick people, that's fine. This is her property."
Yuba City Unified School District superintendent Nancy Aaberg said there are other elements to the situation she cannot release due to privacy rules.