– A high school science lesson got a little too graphic for some students and parents in Idaho: A 10th-grade biology teacher has apologized after bringing a rabbit into class, breaking its neck, and then skinning it in front of the class, reports KTVB. The teacher didn't clear the lesson in advance with the Nampa School District near Boise, and district officials have since called it inappropriate for 10th-graders. The teacher also happens to be a farmer who raises rabbits and other animals for food, and he gave students advance warning to leave if they wished, reports Reuters. “That is not part of the biology curriculum,” a spokesperson for the district tells the Idaho Statesman. She says the teacher, who faces unspecified disciplinary action, apologized to his Columbia High School class this week after complaints started coming in. The teacher says students had asked him more than once to demonstrate how a rabbit would be butchered, and he eventually agreed. Nampa was once a mostly rural district, but its proximity to Boise has changed that in recent years, says the spokesperson. (A teacher elsewhere is in hot water over her "Wheel of Misfortune" method of discipline.)

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An Idaho high school teacher under fire for killing and skinning a rabbit in front of his students to demonstrate how animals are processed for food has apologized to children disturbed by the incident, a school official said on Friday. 
  
 The part-time teacher is a farmer who raises rabbits and other livestock for food and was asked to provide a lesson on animal slaughter and processing by students in a 10th-grade biology class he taught at a high school in the Nampa School District near Boise, said district spokeswoman Allison Westfall. 
  
 School administrators were not consulted about the demonstration, which happened last week but came to light in recent days after a parent called the district to complain, Westfall said. 
  
 The teacher, whose name was withheld, expressed his regrets to students on Monday after one of them told educators the exercise, which entailed breaking the rabbit’s neck before butchering it, was upsetting, she said. 
  
 Killing and skinning animals is not part of the district’s 10th-grade biology curriculum, said Westfall, who added: “It’s not something that’s done in our schools.” 
  
 The teacher had once before been asked by students to show them how to slaughter and process a rabbit but had declined on that occasion, she said. He excused any students who didn’t wish to attend the class when the rabbit was killed and an unknown number did not participate, said Westfall. 
  
 She said the district, once a school system with mostly rural students but which has seen a rapid increase in enrollment and urbanization because of its proximity to Idaho’s capital city, expects teachers to consult with administrators on new lesson plans before executing them. 
  
 She declined to say if the teacher in question is facing penalties for his actions, citing confidentiality tied to personnel matters. 
  
 (Reporting by Laura Zuckerman in Salmon, Idaho; Editing by Dan Whitcomb and Eric Beech) ||||| Columbia High School in Nampa (Photo: Mike di Donato/KTVB) 
  
 NAMPA -- A 10th grade biology teacher apologized after a lesson last week aimed at teaching students where their food comes from left some feeling a little queasy. 
  
 "A teacher brought in a rabbit, and did a demonstration about how a rabbit would be prepared as food for a family," Nampa School District spokeswoman Allison Westfall said. 
  
 According to Westfall, the teacher placed the live rabbit in a restraining device, then snapped its neck in front of the class. The rabbit was also skinned and cut up as part of the demonstration. 
  
 Westfall says the educator, who has a farm and raises animals to be eaten, was initially reluctant to show the students how to prepare a rabbit for a meal. But when the students asked a second time, he relented, she said. 
  
 The killing was not mandatory viewing for the 16 biology students. 
  
 "The students had asked that the teacher do this demonstration, and when the rabbit was brought in, he gave the opportunity to students to not view the demonstration," Westfall said. 
  
 Some of the students who elected to stay were upset by the display, and the school got a handful of comments from parents who felt killing an animal in the classroom was ill-advised. 
  
 The teacher is now facing disciplinary action, although Westfall declined to specify whether he had been suspended from teaching. The district is also not releasing the educator's name. 
  
 "It's not appropriate in the 10th grade class," she said."It wasn't approved by the administration, it's not part of biology [class,] so that judgment is not appropriate for that type of lesson in the classroom at 10th grade." 
  
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– En high school naturvetenskaplig lektion blev lite för grafisk för vissa elever och föräldrar i Idaho: En biologilärare i 10:e klass har bett om ursäkt efter att ha tagit in en kanin i klassen, brutit nacken och sedan flåt den framför klassen, rapporterar KTVB. Läraren klarade inte lektionen i förväg med Nampas skoldistrikt nära Boise, och distriktstjänstemän har sedan dess kallat det olämpligt för 10:e-klassare. Läraren råkar också vara en bonde som föder upp kaniner och andra djur för att få mat, och han gav eleverna förhandsvarning om att ge sig av om de ville, uppger Reuters. “Det är inte en del av biologi läroplanen,” en talesman för distriktet berättar Idaho Statesman. Hon säger att läraren, som står inför ospecificerade disciplinära åtgärder, bad om ursäkt till hans Columbia High School klass denna vecka efter klagomål började komma in. Läraren säger att eleverna hade bett honom mer än en gång att visa hur en kanin skulle slaktas, och han gick så småningom med på det. Nampa var en gång i tiden ett mestadels landsbygdsdistrikt, men dess närhet till Boise har förändrat det på senare år, säger talespersonen. (En lärare på annat håll är i hetvatten över sin "Wheel of Misfortune" disciplinmetod.) Utöka denna sammanfattning.
“A high school science lesson became a bit too graphic for some students and parents in Idaho: A 10th grade biology teacher has apologized after taking a rabbit into class, breaking his neck and then leaving it in front of the class,” reports KTVB. The teacher did not pass the lesson in advance with Nampa's school district near Boise, and district officials have since called it inappropriately 10th graders. The teacher also happens to be a farmer raising rabbits and other animals for food, and he gave students advance warning to leave if they wanted to, Reuters states. “It’s not part of the biology curriculum,” a spokesman for the district tells Idaho Statesman. She says the teacher, facing unspecified disciplinary action, apologized to his Columbia High School class this week after complaints began to come in. The teacher says that the students had asked him more than once to show how a rabbit would be slaughtered, and he eventually agreed. Nampa was once a mostly rural district, but its proximity to Boise has changed it in recent years, says the spokesperson. (A teacher elsewhere is in hot water over his "Wheel of Misfortune" discipline method.) Extend this summary.
En lärare i Idaho-gymnasiet under eld för att ha dödat och flått en kanin framför sina elever för att visa hur djur bearbetas för mat har bett om ursäkt till barn som störts av händelsen, sade en skoltjänsteman på fredagen. Deltidsläraren är en bonde som föder upp kaniner och andra boskapsdjur för föda och ombads ge en lektion om djurslakt och bearbetning av elever i en biologiklass av 10:e klass som han undervisade på en gymnasieskola i Nampa School District nära Boise, sade distriktstaleskvinnan Allison Westfall. Skoladministratörer rådfrågades inte om demonstrationen, som skedde förra veckan men kom i dagen de senaste dagarna efter att en förälder ringde distriktet för att klaga, sade Westfall. Läraren, vars namn undanhölls, beklagade sig för eleverna i måndags, sedan en av dem berättat för pedagogerna att övningen, som innebar att kaninen bröt nacken innan den slaktades, var upprörande, sade hon. Att döda och flå djur är inte en del av distriktets 10: e klass biologi läroplan, sade Westfall, som tillade: “Det är inte något som görs i våra skolor.” Läraren hade en gång tidigare blivit ombedd av eleverna att visa dem hur man slaktar och bearbetar en kanin men hade avböjt vid det tillfället, sade hon. Han ursäktade alla elever som inte ville vara med i klassen när kaninen dödades och ett okänt antal inte deltog, sade Westfall. Hon sade att distriktet, en gång ett skolsystem med mestadels landsbygdselever men som har sett en snabb ökning av inskrivning och urbanisering på grund av dess närhet till Idahos huvudstad, förväntar sig att lärare ska samråda med administratörer om nya lektionsplaner innan de utför dem. Hon avböjde att säga om läraren i fråga står inför straff för sina handlingar, med hänvisning till sekretess knuten till personalfrågor. (Reportage av Laura Zuckerman i Salmon, Idaho; Editing av Dan Whitcomb och Eric Beech) ^ Columbia High School i Nampa (Foto: Mike di Donato/KTVB) NAMPA -- En biologilärare i 10:e klass bad om ursäkt efter en lektion förra veckan som syftade till att undervisa elever där deras mat kommer från lämnade en del känsla lite illamående. "En lärare tog in en kanin, och gjorde en demonstration om hur en kanin skulle förberedas som mat för en familj," Nampa School District taleskvinna Allison Westfall sade. Enligt Westfall placerade läraren den levande kaninen i en fasthållningsanordning, och bröt sedan nacken framför klassen. Kaninen flåddes också och styckades upp som en del av demonstrationen. Westfall säger att pedagogen, som har en gård och föder upp djur för att ätas, till en början var ovillig att visa eleverna hur de skulle tillaga en kanin till en måltid. Men när eleverna frågade en andra gång, gav han efter, sade hon. Dödandet var inte obligatoriskt för de 16 biologistudenterna. "Eleverna hade bett läraren att göra denna demonstration, och när kaninen togs in gav han eleverna möjlighet att inte se demonstrationen", sade Westfall. Några av eleverna som valde att stanna blev upprörda av uppvisningen, och skolan fick en handfull kommentarer från föräldrar som ansåg att det var fel att döda ett djur i klassrummet. Läraren står nu inför disciplinära åtgärder, även om Westfall avböjde att ange om han hade blivit avstängd från undervisning. Stadsdelen friger inte heller pedagogens namn. "Det passar inte i tioklass," sade hon. "Det godkändes inte av administrationen, det är inte en del av biologin [klass,] så att omdöme inte är lämpligt för den typen av lektion i klassrummet vid 10: e klass." Läs eller dela denna historia: http://www.ktvb.com/story/news/local/2014/11/13/kanin-klass-mördad/18989771/ Â°
A teacher of the Idaho High School under fire for killing and flaying a rabbit in front of his students to show how animals are processed for food has apologized to children disturbed by the incident, said a school official on Friday. The part-time teacher is a farmer who breeds rabbits and other cattle for food and was asked to give a lesson on animal slaughter and processing of students of a 10th grade biology class whom he taught at a high school in the Nampa School District near Boise, district spokeswoman Allison Westfall said. School administrators were not consulted about the demonstration, which happened last week but came to light in the last days after a parent called the district to complain, Westfall said. The teacher, whose name was withheld, complained to the students on Monday, after one of them told the educators that the exercise, which involved the rabbit breaking his neck before it was slaughtered, was outrageous, she said. Killing and skinning animals are not part of the district's 10th class biology curriculum, Westfall said, adding: “It's not something that is being done in our schools.” The teacher had once before been asked by the students to show them how to slaughter and process a rabbit but had declined at that point, she said. He excused all students who did not want to be in the class when the rabbit was killed and an unknown number did not participate, Westfall said. She said that the district, once a school system with mostly rural students but which has seen a rapid increase in enrollment and urbanization due to its proximity to Idaho's capital, expects teachers to consult with administrators on new lesson plans before carrying them out. She declined to say whether the teacher in question faces punishment for her actions, citing confidentiality related to staff issues. (Reporting by Laura Zuckerman in Salmon, Idaho; Editing by Dan Whitcomb and Eric Beech) ^ Columbia High School in Nampa (Photo: Mike di Donato/KTVB) NAMPA -- A 10th grade biology teacher apologized after a lesson last week aimed at teaching students where their food comes from left some feeling a little nausea. "A teacher brought in a rabbit, and made a demonstration about how a rabbit would be prepared as food for a family," Nampa School District spokeswoman Allison Westfall said. According to Westfall, the teacher placed the living rabbit in a restraint system, and then broke his neck in front of the class. The rabbit was also skinned and dismembered as part of the demonstration. Westfall says that the educator, who has a farm and breeds animals to be eaten, was initially reluctant to show the students how to cook a rabbit for a meal. But when the students asked a second time, he gave in, she said. The killing was not mandatory for the 16 biology students. "The students had asked the teacher to do this demonstration, and when the rabbit was brought in, he gave students the opportunity not to see the demonstration," Westfall said. Some of the students who chose to stay were upset by the display, and the school received a handful of comments from parents who felt it was wrong to kill an animal in the classroom. The teacher now faces disciplinary action, although Westfall declined to indicate whether he had been suspended from teaching. The district also does not release the name of the educator. "It doesn't fit in ten-grade," she said. "It was not approved by the administration, it is not part of biology [class,] so that judgment is not appropriate for that type of classroom lesson at 10th grade." Read or share this story: http://www.ktvb.com/story/news/local/2014/11/13/rabbit-class-killed/18989771/ <unk>