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Judge bans mom from girl's school

She complains too much, court rules

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - A court has decided enough is enough.

It banned a woman from contacting her daughter's school or teachers because she complained too much.

The woman, whose name was not released, overloaded the Borgh Elementary School in the northern city of Zuidhorn "with an incessant stream of questions, comments and complaints," a panel of judges at the Groningen District Court wrote in their judgment.

In the future, the woman will be allowed to submit complaints to the school on a single page of paper once a month, the court ruled Friday.

In the 2004-2005 school year, the woman sent 50 e-mails and 20 letters to the school, and came nine times to visit. Her complaints ranged from treatment of her daughter - described as highly gifted - to disagreements about curriculum, method of teaching and the safety of the school.

She also wrote 29 letters to the school board and others "to the National Complaint Commission, the Labor Inspection Service, the Educational Inspection Service, the Queen's representative and the media," the judgment said.

By The Associated Press

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