CRed05 Posted July 18, 2011 Report Share Posted July 18, 2011 Lacking legs and arms isn't stopping Julia Sullivan from pursuing her dream of becoming a high school cheerleader. It is, however, leading to a complex case. Sullivan, a student at Aurora High School in Nebraska, tried out for the school's cheerleading team, but she was unable to make it. Since then, her parents, Mike and Carolyn Sullivan, have been trying to get the school board to reverse the decision, the Omaha World-Herald reports. The teenager's lowest marks came in the jumps/kicks category, and the Sullivans are arguing that her disability was not accommodated for in the tryouts. Kevin Schneider, the family's attorney, wrote in a letter to the school board that the sponsor of the cheerleading tryouts was told that no special accommodations would be made for the 16-year-old Sullivan, even though 75 percent of the tryouts relied on scores from the physical category. The district's policies on discrimination were reviewed by the school's administration, board and two separate legal counsels. Damon McDonald, who has been Aurora's superintendent since July 1, said both counsels claimed the school's policies "are appropriate and legitimate for all students." This was the third time Sullivan tried out for the cheerleading squad. "For us, it's the basic principle" Mike Sullivan said. "Any handicapped child in Nebraska could be kept out of activities." According to the assistant director of the Nebraska School Activities Association, Jim Angele, schools need to accommodate students in high school sports sanctioned by the state under the disabilities act. Cheerleading, however, is not state-sanctioned in Nebraska.http://www.nesn.com/2011/07/lacking-legs-and-arms-isnt-stopping-julia-sullivan-from-pursuing-her-dream-of-becoming-a-high-school-varsity-cheerleader-it.html :dumb: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWW$HEEET Posted July 18, 2011 Report Share Posted July 18, 2011 lololll Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowbalt Posted July 18, 2011 Report Share Posted July 18, 2011 Political correctness to an extreme. If I don't have arms, I am not going to try to be an arm wrestling champion. People get their feelings hurt way too easily nowadays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Brian Posted July 18, 2011 Report Share Posted July 18, 2011 saw this stupid shit last week, her parents are fucking retarded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWW$HEEET Posted July 18, 2011 Report Share Posted July 18, 2011 saw this stupid shit last week, her parents are fucking retarded. no, i think the article was about her Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87GT Posted July 18, 2011 Report Share Posted July 18, 2011 Read this last week and I just said "really?" out loud. :dumb: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Brian Posted July 18, 2011 Report Share Posted July 18, 2011 no, i think the article was about her The parents are getting a lawyer and backing her up and shit. If I were her dad I'd be like bitch you can't dress a pig as a monkey and expect that shit to jump around.. go back to your room and tongue your keyboard on facebook about it ya dumb ho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckeye1647545503 Posted July 18, 2011 Report Share Posted July 18, 2011 Well shot then. I have always wanted to do miget poem but I am 6'5'' I am gonna sue, they should accomadate me ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustlestiltskin Posted July 18, 2011 Report Share Posted July 18, 2011 The parents are getting a lawyer and backing her up and shit. If I were her dad I'd be like bitch you can't dress a pig as a monkey and expect that shit to jump around.. go back to your room and tongue your keyboard on facebook about it ya dumb ho tongue your keyboard.lol its def gonna be hard for her to pull off myspace angles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dover Posted July 18, 2011 Report Share Posted July 18, 2011 I wish I could be more compassionate towards her disabilities but hell what did she think was going to happen? Her parents really hired a lawyer? Jesus this is what things are coming too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Brian Posted July 18, 2011 Report Share Posted July 18, 2011 http://www.omaha.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=OW&Date=20110713&Category=NEWS01&ArtNo=707139920&Ref=AR&maxw=600&maxh=400 :lolguy::lolguy::lolguy::lolguy::lolguy::lolguy: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRed05 Posted July 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2011 Her vagina aint handicapped Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Brian Posted July 18, 2011 Report Share Posted July 18, 2011 gimme some roofies viagra and an 8ball I can change that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linn1647545492 Posted July 18, 2011 Report Share Posted July 18, 2011 Her vagina aint handicapped I knew that was coming. I'm sorry but if they make special accommodations for her then they would have to do it for everyone. Try outs are for a reason, if she isn't good enough to make the team then she should fuck off like everyone else that didn't make the cut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sol740 Posted July 18, 2011 Report Share Posted July 18, 2011 I'll try and come at this thinking as a rational human being first, parent 2nd, and lastly an agent of compromise. Rationally, she has no chance of being a cheerleader. She simply lacks the default required physical equipment to perform, and compete in the manner expected. As a parent, if my daughter had dreamed of being a cheerleader as a little girl, and I had been telling her she could do whatever she set her mind to, despite her handicap, it would be heartbreaking to explain otherwise. Of course a decent person would suck it up, explain realistic expectation, and not call the lawyers. Lastly the school could probably give her a menial position on the team, say 'Lead Spirit Cheerleader', under the expectation that she would be excluded certain functions. That is probably no more cheerleader than limbless mascot, but could have been enough to make someone who had a rough start, happy. Or maybe not, not sure if they tried something similar or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImUrOBGYN Posted July 18, 2011 Report Share Posted July 18, 2011 I knew that was coming. I'm sorry but if they make special accommodations for her then they would have to do it for everyone. Try outs are for a reason, if she isn't good enough to make the team then she should fuck off like everyone else that didn't make the cut. I agree. With both your statements. lol Maybe she should try out for something she'd be good at. Like basketball... as the ball. Or perhaps the swimming team... as a safety buoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akula Posted July 18, 2011 Report Share Posted July 18, 2011 Put a big (GO TEAM) sign on her chair and have her drive up and down the sidelines. Only cheer team in nebraska with a mobile pyramid, think about the possibilities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forrest Gump 9 Posted July 18, 2011 Report Share Posted July 18, 2011 She should have tried out for track and run 400m hurdle, or better yet pole vault. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDHG940 Posted July 18, 2011 Report Share Posted July 18, 2011 Could they at least make her a back up cheerleader or assistant? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unfunnyryan Posted July 18, 2011 Report Share Posted July 18, 2011 Cheerleading is usually very friendly to the disabled; every cheerleader I've ever known is legally retarded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckeye1647545503 Posted July 18, 2011 Report Share Posted July 18, 2011 At least with her on the team the bus gets to park closer. Yes I know, going to hell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wease Posted July 18, 2011 Report Share Posted July 18, 2011 Cheerleading is usually very friendly to the disabled; every cheerleader I've ever known is legally retarded. Fucking POTY right here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dover Posted July 18, 2011 Report Share Posted July 18, 2011 This thread delivers, heard there is a deaf kid pissed cause he didn't make the school choir in Minnesota, CALL THE LAWYERS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRed05 Posted July 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2011 not call the lawyers I don't think they have a leg to stand on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Jones Posted July 18, 2011 Report Share Posted July 18, 2011 http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g26/jennyg1231/I_d_Hit_It.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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