From: env-action.tribe.net/thread/...99f03236

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Touching is an essential part to healthy human development and expression. However, in attempt to keep safety and order officials at Kilmer Middle School in Vienna, VA have made all touching against the rules. This is extremely detrimental to normal psychological development. In addition, it is avoidance of common adolescence problems, and is miseducating the students on what is appropriate. Help convince the school officials to find a better way to educate and support their students!

I have developed a petition via the care2.com petition site so we can help this school board discover better options. I am so grateful for all the work our public schools do, but feel they need our help sometimes, too. I hope this petition will become a catalyst for other public schools that informally have this as a policy.

Please read, sign, and pass on (at least pass on to those who may be interested). Thank you!
petition - www.thepetitionsite.com/1/help...enna-va
news article about Kilmer school - www.npr.org/blogs/news/2..._total_1.html

Peace,
Lynn
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I signed the petition and posted my petition comments in the Tribe thread.

Hugs,
SW