Honor student charged with 2 felonies for making a volcano as science experiment
A year later, Kiera Wilmot’s name still has not been cleared of the trumped up charges.
BARTOW, FL — A 16-year-old girl was arrested and expelled from school after she demonstrating the traditional ‘erupting volcano’ in class as a science experiment. Even a year later, she is still being haunted by the multiple felonies she was charged with.
Kiera Wilmot’s volcano was designed to demonstrate a chemical reaction simulating a volcanic eruption. Inside her volcano prop, was an 8-ounce water bottle with some toilet bowl cleaner in it. When the cleaner is exposed to aluminum, it creates an exothermic chemical reaction.
Her experiment got her in serious trouble on April 29th, 2013.
“When I put the aluminum foil into the bottle, the lid popped off an a little bit of smoke climbed out of the bottle,” Kiera described.
No one was hurt. No damage was caused. No harm was done.
“The principal asked what was going on, and I told him it was just a little science experiment,” Kiera continued. She was pulled out of class and led to the office by a school resource officer.
“They didn’t read me any rights,” Kiera said to the Huffington Post. “They arrested me after sitting in the office for a couple minutes. They handcuffed me. It cut my wrist, and really hurt sitting on my hands behind my back.”
She was charged with possession/discharge of a weapon on school grounds, and discharging a destructive device, both felonies.
“She is a good kid,” said Bartow High School principal Ron Pritchard to WTSP. “She has never been in trouble before. Ever.”
Despite the principal conceding that it was obvious that Wilmot meant no harm, she was expelled anyway. Wilmot was punished to send a message to other students that their zero tolerance policies were to be enforced, whether the situation makes sense or not. As the school published in a press release:
“Anytime a student makes a bad choice it is disappointing to us. Unfortunately, the incident that occurred at Bartow High School yesterday was a serious breach of conduct. In order to maintain a safe and orderly learning environment, we simply must uphold our code of conduct rules. We urge our parents to join us in conveying the message that there are consequences to actions. We will not compromise the safety and security of our students and staff.”
The felonies she faced, if convicted, presented a prospect of years in prison and a jeopardized future.
Watch a video on Kiera’s situation here:
Although prosecutors eventually declined to pursue Kiera as a criminal, the charges themselves continue to taint Kiera’s record and impede her future success.
“All my charges have been dropped, but the lawyer says that it takes 5 years to clear each felony off the record,” Kiera said.
The Advancement Project is presenting Wilmot’s story as an example of what they call the “School-to-Prison Pipeline.”
Still unclear about how this incident will affect her future, Wilmot wants to be an engineer “building robots that can do tasks like surgeries or driving cars.”
Schools are training kids to obey orders blindly and not be curious. Perfect for the rulers’ cannon fodder requirements.
Let’s look at what children can expect from “public education”. . .
–cliques and marginalization of students by jocks and other (preferred and coddled) groups.
–rampant bullying, with those who defend themselves against bullies punished, quite often more severely than the actual bullies, who are quite often jocks and other preferred students,
–insane school officials and their zero tolerance policies for breakfast snacks shaped like guns, ”
–values clarification” and “anything goes” sex “education”,
–rampant drug use,
–ineffective teaching methods and pushing Marxist, environmentalist points of view along with misleading students about basic Constitutional principles and social promotions. . .
–let’s not forget “lockdowns” like prisons . . .
If this is what is expected in public schools, sending your children to these “indoctrination centers” is tantamount to child abuse.
rampant bullying, with those who defend themselves against bullies punished, quite often more severely than the actual bullies
I remember it well. But the adult world has been set up in a similar manner. The USA has a backwards society where those who react to aggression are bad, but not those who do it.
While on school property “all students and staff must display their ID badges at all times”
http://www.bartowhighschool.com/
Contact email of a maggot connected to this child prison
[email protected]
Bartow High School
1270 S. Broadway
Bartow, FL 33830
Phone: 863-534-7400 Fax: 863-534-0077
School financial report
http://www.polk-fl.net/schools/sfr/0901.pdf
Principal
Emilean Clemons
Asst Principals
Amanda Craven
Freddie Douglas
Dan Durham
http://www.polk-fl.net/schools/geninfo.asp?id=61
Wilmot was punished to send a message to other students that their zero tolerance policies were to be enforced, whether the situation makes sense or not.
Perhaps this is the problem: Following procedures w/out thinking if the procedures are appropriate.
That’s what our rulers want for us mundanes, no thought processes allowed. “See something say something”, and all it’s evil spawn. They have the rule book where if X happens then the book says do Y, no deviation allowed. Thank God my kids are long done with prison….er “school”, hope any grandkids to be can avoid the Matrix.
Best GTFO of Boston, then.. And maybe even the US. 🙁
Interesting times are coming.
Winter. Is coming…
Regurgitate “facts.” Don’t question anything. Trust your authority figure.
These are the lessons in today’s schools.
John Taylor Gatto’s essays stand….
Unfortunately.