CINCINNATI, Ohio – Cincinnati parents Matthew and Martha Miele are considering removing their son from private school after the first-grader was suspended for three days for pretending to be a Power Ranger.

Martha Miele told WLWT Our Lady of Lourdes Principal Joe Crachiolo called her at work Thursday afternoon after a teacher witnessed her son pretend to shoot another student with an imaginary bow and arrow on recess and brought it to his attention.

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Miele said her son was pretending to be a character from the popular Power Rangers children’s program, and didn’t understand why the school wanted to suspend him over his imagination.

“I didn’t really understand. I had him on the phone for a good amount of time so he could really explain to me what he was trying to tell me,” Miele said. “My question to him was ‘Is this really necessary? Does this really need to be a three-day suspension under the circumstances that he was playing and he’s 6 years old?’”

The mother said she repeatedly asked Crachiolo to reconsider the punishment, in an email and in person the next day, but he refused.

“He told me that he was going to stand firm and that he was not going to change it,” Miele said.

“The punishment is so severe in this it’s hard as a parent to try to make this a teachable moment for our kid so we can move forward in a healthy manner,” she told WCPO.

“I can’t stop him from pretending to be a super hero. I can’t stop him from playing ninja turtles. I can’t stop him from doing these things and I don’t think it would be healthy to do so,” Miele told WLWT.

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“His imagination can go limitless places,” Matthew Miele said. “We try to encourage that as parents.”

The Mieles contacted the Archdiocese of Cincinnati to vent their frustrations about the issue, and pointed out they have not received a written notice of suspension or other requirements spelled out in the organization’s education policy manual.

School policy requires officials to document the reason for a suspension, hold a formal conference with the parents, and to follow specific due process guidelines. The archdiocese would not comment on the situation to the media, citing student privacy restrictions.

Crachiolo, however, sent a letter home to Our Lady of Lourdes parents Friday stating he has “no tolerance for any real, pretend, or imitated violence.

“The punishment is an out of school suspension,” he wrote.

Matt Miele said he believes the school is trying to use his son to set an example.

“I don’t see anything wrong with the way he was playing,” he told WCPO. “I think we have to lose this. It sounds a little editorial, possibly like they’re using our platform to teach that lesson.”

The father said they plan to bring their son back to school when his suspension concludes Wednesday, but they’re not sure if he will be attending classes there next year.