Student Suspended for Selling Sandwiches and Challenging Cafeteria

A 17 year old high school student wanted to spread his passion for cooking by selling gourmet sandwiches on his high school campus. But his business turned into a bust when the principal caught wind of his aromas. Because of health concerns and permit issues he had to stop selling sandwiches. As punishment the principal suspended the student chef for two days.
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'Musical' switched for 'Sex' in Megaplex mix-up

Some Utahns attending the weekend opening of Disney's biggest movie of the year were exposed to a little more than they were expecting. Friday night, managers at the Megaplex Theatre at the District, 11400 South Bangerter Highway, switched one of the showings of "High School Musical 3: Senior Year" to a larger auditorium to accommodate more people. They forgot, however, to switch the movie that had previously been scheduled for the room.
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Eternity, learning, justice & hypochondria (forum posts)

Do kids really learn faster then adults?
Everywhere All the Time
Eternity
Just 'dis justice again.
School is impossible with hypochondria

Sniffer dogs in teenage bedrooms

Retired sniffer dogs that have spent years on police patrol are now working in the private sector in the US - sniffing out teenagers' bedrooms. Parents can rent a dog and handler for $200 (£125) an hour from Sniff Dogs, a firm operating in New Jersey and Ohio. The dogs are highly trained and can detect illegal drugs.
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Students face punishment for `Hit a Jew Day'

At least four students from a suburban St. Louis middle school face punishment for allegedly hitting Jewish classmates during what they called "Hit a Jew Day." The incident happened last week at Parkway West Middle School in Chesterfield. District officials said Thursday they believe that fewer than 10 children of the district's 35 Jewish students were struck.
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89-Year-Old Woman Accused Of Theft Over Football

An 89-year-old Ohio woman faces a charge of petty theft because neighborhood children said she refused to give back their football. Edna Jester was placed under arrest last week and taken to the police station in Blue Ash. Police say there had been an ongoing dispute over the errant football and a child's parent called to report that Jester kept the ball after it landed in her yard again.
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6 new interesting forum topics.

Who wants to help me?
a message for those leaving
Homeschooling was illegal??
Conversing with the enemy - End of school?
Dropping out - the parent's decision, or the kid's?
Illusions of Grade Advancement

Father takes son to court for idleness

A father took his 20-year old son to an Islamic court in northern Nigeria for idleness, asking that he be sent to prison for refusing to engage in productive activities, state news agency NAN said Friday. (...And you thought your country was bad?)
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New teacher on SS, coercion and nice guys (forum posts)

Why don't you like school?
Teacher
A tribute to the nice guys.
My rant on coercion

Students, parents bare claws over dress codes

It took only an hour for parents in Omaha, Neb., to get in touch with the American Civil Liberties Union. Their children — 23 of them — had been suspended from school for wearing the wrong clothes. The teenagers, all students at Millard South High School, were ordered to stay home from one to three days in late August for wearing T-shirts that memorialized Julius Robinson, 18, a Millard South football player who was shot to death in June. The shirts were being sold to help raise money so Robinson’s family could buy a headstone for his grave. But to officials of the Millard Public Schools, the words “Julius RIP” on the shirts were disruptive. After consulting with Omaha police, they also said the shirts could be considered gang-related.
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Walkouts, rebellion and wisdom (forum posts)

What's really preventing us from doing a walkout?
Who actually did a walkout?
Does minor individual rebellion help?
Does age determine wisdom?

Teen starved for years in horrendous case of abuse

Jon Pomeroy, the girl's biological father, and Rebecca Long, the girl's step mother, are each charged with first- and second-degree criminal mistreatment. Sheriff spokesman John Urquhart says the girl weighed only 48 pounds when contacted by deputies Friday, and had been given only little food and water for several years. "This is a horrendous case of child abuse," Urquhart said. "It was described as a concentration camp survivor. That's what she looked like."
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12-year-old fined £50 for being ill

Bradley Brooks was returning home from a birthday party when he started feeling unwell. He put his plastic drink bottle on a telephone junction box and was sick. But he was then stopped by community wardens who issued him with a fine.
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Teen sent nudes of self, could be classified sex offender

A 15-year-old girl accused of distributing nude photos of herself to other minors could be classified as a sex offender. The student at Licking Valley High School in Newark was arrested Friday after school officials discovered the materials and brought in the school's resource officer for a police investigation.
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Students Accuse Bus Driver Of Stopping On Tracks

Some students aboard a school bus in Volusia County said it was a terrifying ride home for them on Monday afternoon. The students said the driver stopped the bus on some railroad tracks along International Speedway Boulevard and refused to move until the children quieted down. During the incident, the Campbell Middle School students said a train approached them.
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Teen accused of putting bombs in family's beds

A South Fayette teen has been jailed on charges that he tried to kill his family by exploding homemade bombs in their beds as they slept over the weekend. Police seized a cell phone and computer from Christopher's room. The boy's pages on MySpace and text messages on two cell phones indicated that he had been in communication in preceding days with two other people who helped him devise the bombing plan and a getaway.
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Charter schools far outshine public in 'No Child Left Behind' standards

Utah's charter schools performed far better than their traditional public school counterparts in meeting Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) goals for the federal education program No Child Left Behind. Utah charter schools also outperformed traditional public schools on the Utah Performance Assessment System for Students (U-PASS) test, a state complement to AYP.
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Teacher ‘told students what ‘CHANGE’ stood for’

The Jackson County School Board has taken action against a teacher who apparently made racial commentary on presidential candidate Barack Obama. "She told me that he wrote on the board 'Can You Help A Nigger Get Elected, and then laughed about it," said Shelia Christian, a mother of one of Howard's students.
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US mom admits helping son build weapons cache

A woman admitted she helped her troubled, bullied 14-year-old son build a cache of weapons by buying him a rifle and gunpowder, but investigators still don't know if she was aware her son was planning a deadly school attack. Michele Cossey, 46, pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of child endangerment. She admitted that she bought him a rifle with a laser scope and gunpowder, which investigators said he was using to build grenades.
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Cops: Teen hired pair to kill his mom for money

A Colorado teenager hired men to kill his mother so he could use her money to get breast implants for his girlfriend, police said. Weis' mother, Hyun Weis, was attacked Thursday with a small wooden baseball bat at her home but escaped, authorities said. She was released Friday from a hospital.
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