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mom visits her son in School lunchroom
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then she saw what teachers had done
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in 2015 a six-year-old boy from Grants
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Pass Oregon was late to school his
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family had experienced issues with their
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car and so Mom Nicole new little Hunter
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would likely be getting detention
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as a result Nicole paid a visit to his
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school during lunch her aim was simply
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to see how he was holding up but she was
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met with a whole lot more than she
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bargained for instead of seeing hunter
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in detention Nicole witnessed her son
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being put through what many would agree
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was a public humiliation suffice it to
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say she was far from happy
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the call was suffering from poor health
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and to add insult to injury the family
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car decided it would take that precise
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time to stop working while she was
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driving her son Hunter to school
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taking the bus wasn't an alternative so
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Nicole did the best she could to get her
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son down the street to Lincoln
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Elementary School but he arrived a few
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Hunter rushed into the school crying the
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poor boy knew he'd faced attention
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Nicole felt really bad about all this
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but she decided she'd go to the school
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at lunchtime to check on him and lift
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his spirits if she could sometimes
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Hunter isn't ready but most often the
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tardiness is not his fault Nicole
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suffers from osteoporosis which makes it
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painful and difficult for her to
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function especially in the morning KD RV
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when Nicole got to the school she saw
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Hunter seated all alone she was stunned
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to find her son separated from the other
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children in the school
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the six-year-old sat with a white
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partition in front of him blocking him
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from seeing or communicating with other
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kids there was also a cup with a d on it
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in front of him for detention whilst
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Hunter himself sat in tears the scene
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crushed the mother's heart Hunter was
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publicly ostracized and humiliated
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Nicole was outraged with the school's
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treatment of her son as any mother would
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be the punishment seemed far too severe
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to Cole's anger was made all the more
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concentrated by the fact that Hunter was
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rarely late to school and hadn't been
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late enough that day to make up any
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the mom could barely believe her eyes
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but she wasn't about to let what
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happened to her son go unnoticed knowing
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she had to do something Nicole took a
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picture of Hunter as he sat in his
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cubicle of Shame she then uploaded it to
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Facebook where it quickly sparked a fire
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within the local community
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Hunter's grandmother shared the pictures
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on Facebook and the post generated over
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this is my grandson Hunter he's a little
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first grader his mama's car sometimes
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doesn't like to start upright
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sometimes he's a couple minutes late to
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school yesterday he was one minute late
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and this is what his mama discovered
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they do to punish him they've done this
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to him six times for something that's
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out of this Baby's control they make a
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mockery of him in front of the other
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students the principal's responsible for
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this his mom found him there crying and
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took him home for the day anyone want to
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help me flood this lady principal with
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calls telling her how inappropriate this
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it appeared that the school's policy had
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bullied Hunter according to Snopes the
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school district was flooded with furious
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calls and the school's Facebook page was
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bombarded with bad reviews
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after the pictures went viral others in
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Grants Pass wanted to help they made it
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their mission to ensure Hunter was never
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late to school again strangers had come
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together to help them with their car
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problems when Hunter's mom and dad
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showed up to pick up their car from the
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repair shop they got the surprise of
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their lives Nicole and her family had
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turned up at Kelly's Automotive Service
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a few days later expecting to be told
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that her car was beyond fixing
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Hunter's father Mark zamello fully
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expected to get more bad news about the
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car but it was quite the opposite
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auto dealer had joined forces with
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people in the community to buy them
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another vehicle and make sure it would
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several businesses in Medford Oregon and
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Grants Pass as well as a local radio
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host Bill Meyer joined forces to chip in
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Nicole and her family was then handed
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the keys to a Chrysler van
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you see that minivan sitting right there
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asked Lisa mcclees Kelly of Kelly's
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Automotive Service that's yours she said
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as she handed Mark the keys to a
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Chrysler minivan the family was both
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shocked and moved I just blown away to
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see the community come together like
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this and see that they're still good
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people out there said the happy Father
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in addition to receiving a vehicle that
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would make Hunter get to school on time
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Hunter's story changed the way the
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school handled their detention policies
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they designated a supervised classroom
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so kids wouldn't be shamed in front of
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all their schoolmates
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in an active charity that will provide
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no end of help to Nicole and her family
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the people of Grants Pass proved that
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where there's love there is always hope
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the outcome of this story simply warms
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my heart and I hope the little guy has a
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much more positive experience from his
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teachers in the future
