I can remember a time when I went to school it was about 88 when i was this old, and they're were kids that always acted out and they were disciplined and they changed their attitude, the very select few that didn't change medicine or not are in jail! I feel that our society has shifted its attitude to: I want it now and it better be the way i want it! And if that doesn't happen well we will just play the blame game and accept no personal responsibility! Now I know that their is exceptions and some need to be dealt with differently but parents need to start raising their kids with respect and values and not greed and entitlement! But that just my opinion on this!



DENVER (CBS4) ― A Denver mother believes if school officials at Centennial Elementary had simply given her bi-polar 10-year-old son his medication last Friday, he wouldn't have ended up in juvenile detention for 3 days, accused of second degree assault on a police officer.

Vincent Barros was in school last Friday morning when he started acting up. A teacher's aide documented what happened.

She wrote that Vincent was "running around screaming, and knocking things off the desk."

"He picked up a metal bat, put it on his shoulder and smiled at me," she wrote.

The bat was put down, but the aide wrote that Barros "knocked over a desk, threw my crocheting at me, got my soda, shook it and tried to explode it."

"These are episodes that I deal with every day," said Shantelle Fry, Barros' mother.

Fry said she has properly worked with the school to make sure Barros gets his medication in circumstances like this one. She said she met with the school nurse and principal and filled out the necessary forms.

"He should've been given his emergency medication," Fry said.

It wasn't clear why Barros didn't get his medication.

Barros had calmed down, according to the teacher aide's letter, before two police officers and three campus security members came into the classroom.

The aide wrote that Barros then "spat and kicked an officer."

"Like any mother, you just stay strong and support your kid," Fry said.

Barros was taken to Gilliam, a juvenile detention center in Denver. He was there all weekend.

"They just said he had to be held until he had court," Fry said.

Fry said Barros was given one family visit and one phone call.

Denver Public Schools said it would not comment due to privacy laws. It did say as a general rule, its board policy allows school nurses and school secretaries that have been trained to administer medication in schools.

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