A 6-year-old boy near Colorado Springs,
Colorado, was suspended from school for
kíssíng a girl on the hand. You read
that correctly.
“It was during class,” first-grader
Hunter Yelton said in an interview with
CNN affiliate KRDO. “We were doing
reading group, and I leaned over and
kíssed her on the hand. That’s what
happened.”
Not only did Hunter’s peck get him
suspended from school, but the school
accused him of séxual harassment, KRDO
reported.
Hunter’s mom, Jennifer Saunders, is
outraged.
“This is taking it to an extreme that
doesn’t need to be met with a 6-year-
old,” Saunders told KRDO. Now my son’s
asking questions, ‘What is séx, mommy?’”
She said Hunter had problems at school
before, getting suspended for rough-
housing and for kíssíng the same girl on
the cheek. The family has been working
with him on “class disruptions” by
grounding him and giving him “big
restrictions,” Saunders said.
Robin Gooldy, the superintendent of
Cañon City Schools, told KRDO that
Hunter’s record will remain within the
district and that his behavior fits the
school policy description of séxual
harassment, which includes unwanted
touching.
Our main interest in this is having the
behavior stop because the story is not
just about the student that was
disciplined, it is also about the student
receiving the unwanted advances,”
Gooldy told HLN. ”We have to think about
both students in the situation.”
Saunders said the girl in question was
“fine with it” because Hunter and the
girl consider themselves “boyfriend and
girlfriend.” She wants her son’s record
cleared of anything suggesting séxual
harassment.
“Remove it from his record,” she told
KRDO. “I need to stand up and fight for
him. I can’t just let that happen
because it’s not the case. It’s not what
happened at all.”
Hunter for his part said he feels “sorry”
for doing something wrong and tries to
be good in school.
“But I just have a lot of energy. Six-
year-olds, they have a lot of energy,”
Hunter said.
They sure do, and as a parent of a 6-
year-old and a 7-year-old, an
innocent peck on the cheek or on the
hand seems as natural for kids this age
as declarations of who they plan to
marry.
They don’t know anything about séx or
séxual harassment. So how on earth can
they be accused of such behavior?
Reaction online to Hunter’s story has
been swift, with the majority of
commenters expressing pure outrage.
Colorado, was suspended from school for
kíssíng a girl on the hand. You read
that correctly.
“It was during class,” first-grader
Hunter Yelton said in an interview with
CNN affiliate KRDO. “We were doing
reading group, and I leaned over and
kíssed her on the hand. That’s what
happened.”
Not only did Hunter’s peck get him
suspended from school, but the school
accused him of séxual harassment, KRDO
reported.
Hunter’s mom, Jennifer Saunders, is
outraged.
“This is taking it to an extreme that
doesn’t need to be met with a 6-year-
old,” Saunders told KRDO. Now my son’s
asking questions, ‘What is séx, mommy?’”
She said Hunter had problems at school
before, getting suspended for rough-
housing and for kíssíng the same girl on
the cheek. The family has been working
with him on “class disruptions” by
grounding him and giving him “big
restrictions,” Saunders said.
Robin Gooldy, the superintendent of
Cañon City Schools, told KRDO that
Hunter’s record will remain within the
district and that his behavior fits the
school policy description of séxual
harassment, which includes unwanted
touching.
Our main interest in this is having the
behavior stop because the story is not
just about the student that was
disciplined, it is also about the student
receiving the unwanted advances,”
Gooldy told HLN. ”We have to think about
both students in the situation.”
Saunders said the girl in question was
“fine with it” because Hunter and the
girl consider themselves “boyfriend and
girlfriend.” She wants her son’s record
cleared of anything suggesting séxual
harassment.
“Remove it from his record,” she told
KRDO. “I need to stand up and fight for
him. I can’t just let that happen
because it’s not the case. It’s not what
happened at all.”
Hunter for his part said he feels “sorry”
for doing something wrong and tries to
be good in school.
“But I just have a lot of energy. Six-
year-olds, they have a lot of energy,”
Hunter said.
They sure do, and as a parent of a 6-
year-old and a 7-year-old, an
innocent peck on the cheek or on the
hand seems as natural for kids this age
as declarations of who they plan to
marry.
They don’t know anything about séx or
séxual harassment. So how on earth can
they be accused of such behavior?
Reaction online to Hunter’s story has
been swift, with the majority of
commenters expressing pure outrage.
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