Expelled student hangs threatening banner outside school after court-ordered reinstatement

A sixth-year student in Mar del Plata has escalated a dispute with his school by hanging a threatening banner outside the premises after being reinstated following a judicial challenge to his expulsion for misconduct. The banner, displayed at the intersection of Catamarca and Quintana streets, directly addressed school directors Pablo and Ana, stating: “Pablo and Ana, when authority is abused, it is lost. You tried to interfere, and I put my arm in. Sincerely: ‘The untouchable.’”

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Pablo and Ana, when authority is abused, it is lost. You tried to interfere, and I put my arm in. Sincerely: ‘The untouchable.’

The student's return to the Instituto Albert Einstein (IAE) was secured through a civil court intervention, according to local media. In response to the incident, the IAE administration issued a statement on social media, expressing strong disapproval of the student's action. The statement alluded to broader issues affecting educational institutions, noting that events causing distress and prompting reflection among educators were occurring.

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We cannot and do not want to act as if nothing is happening at the school because, in fact, things are happening that move us, that make us need to gather to think and share among ourselves what affects us as educators who live with you many hours a day.

School officials described a climate of fear and uncertainty within the community, suggesting that something fundamental was breaking or had already broken. They emphasized that certain behaviors, normalized due to their severity, could pave the way for even worse situations in the future. The statement, signed by teachers, directors, legal representatives, and the guidance team of the secondary level, detailed unacceptable attitudes such as mockery, contempt among peers, judgmental looks, indifference to others' suffering, expressions of hate speech, and intimidating messages.

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Entire educational communities are affected by fear, uncertainty, and the feeling that SOMETHING IS BREAKING OR HAS ALREADY BROKEN.

Another local school, Instituto Carlos Tejedor, publicly supported the IAE's stance, asserting that defending a school willing to intervene is akin to defending the possibility of a more just society. They warned that a community that abandons its school ultimately abandons itself.

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Defending a school that dares to intervene is defending the possibility of a more just society, because a community that leaves its school alone, sooner or later, also leaves itself alone.