Students disciplined after hanging black doll

Chatfield students disciplined after hanging black doll in noose

CHATFIELD, Minn. - Two students at Chosen Valley High School were disciplined for allegedly hanging a black doll by a noose on the stage in the school gymnasium.

Superintendent Don Hainlen declined to describe the disciplinary action but said information was forwarded to the Olmsted County Attorney's Office.

He said it doesn't appear that the Jan. 4 incident was directed at a particular student. The students who were disciplined considered it a prank and said they did it "without thinking about it," he said.

However, Tammi Stoos, the mother of a black student at Chosen Valley _ a public high school in this southeastern Minnesota town _ said school officials didn't take the matter seriously or address it with students. She said she considers the mock hanging to be a hate crime and said her daughter was deeply offended by the stunt.

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