2nd graders with heroin

Wow.  It never ceases to amaze me.  Almost every day, there is a headline related to school or education issues.
This one shocked me not because of the incident as much as how the school handled it. 
Five little boys, second graders, had little packages of white stuff.  The teacher confiscated it and called the cops.  Who [...]

Toilet paper can’t begin to clean up these messes

Better put toilet paper on Johnny’s next “Back to school” list if you live in Detroit.  The principal of an elementary school recently sent out a letter to parents requesting among other things, toilet paper and light bulbs. In asking for the donations, the school letter pointed out that the request was, “of the most [...]

School’s such a gas!

The call of the wood duck strikes again!  This time in a Martin Country, FL school where a 13-year-old boy was arrested for “breaking wind”.  He then “shut off computers” the other students were using.  (It was unclear as to if the computer’s shut down were as a result of the noxious blasts.)
The Sheriff’s department [...]

What the hell’s going on in the schools?!

Here’s a good reason to keep those kids at home: Their safety.  The stories in today’s Tennessean are horrifying: A kindergarten girl s*xually assaulted on a the bus by a third or fourth grader.  A 10-year-old autistic boy was HANDCUFFED and place in the back of a squad car.  Here’s the link; both stories are [...]