An Alabama mother is
furious that her 5-year-old daughter was forced to
sign a school contract stating she wouldn’t kill herself
or anyone else at school.
School officials told Rebecca, who did not want to
give her last name, they had to send 5-year-old
Elizabeth home after an incident in class.
“They told me she drew something that resembled a
gun. According to them she pointed a crayon at
another student and said ‘pew pew’,” Rebecca
explained.
Rebecca says her daughter was then given a
questionnaire to evaluate her for suicidal thoughts
and given a Mobile County Public School safety
contract to sign stating she wouldn’t kill herself or
others.
“While I was in the lobby waiting, they had my 5-year-
old sign a contract about suicide and homicide,”
Rebecca says. “There should be a different way to
handle this situation. If this is protocol it needs to be
looked at again.”
Rebecca is pushing to have the incident removed
from her child’s record. She says school officials have
requested her child see a psychiatrist. She refused.