It didn't matter that it was 105 degrees outside. Clearly a State Championship is more important.
Texas Middle School Student Dies After Hot Football Practice
Smells Like: health , safety , sports , Texas , tragedyBoy, 5, on wrong bus dropped off miles from home
Smells Like: bus , idiocy , Illinois , safety
Story: Boy, 5, on wrong bus dropped off miles from home
It is easy to understand how a 5-year old can get on the wrong bus and be dropped off miles from his home when responsible adults aren't doing their job. Hope he had some cab money to get home.
Back to School = Back to Sex!
Smells Like: Arizona , California , Pennsylvania , sex , teachers , trouble , Utah , Vermont , Virginia
We're back to school and the timing couldn't be sooner for our sex crazed pedophiliac teachers. They must have been in a drought all summer because sex scandals are hitting the headlines like wildfire. Right after hearing that a Phoenix teacher got 12 years for molesting a 14-year old student, teachers from Sunnyvale and Oil City, Pa couldn't resist the urges with teens of their own. A Salt Lake sub lowered the bar with a 13-year old girl and a Barre, Vt teacher just got arrested AGAIN for having sex with the same student. Four teachers from Bucks, PA a got fired because they knew about a teacher-student affair. But a teacher from Warrenton, Va took the prize this week because not only did he have sex with his student, but he made it into his own porn. Gotta love what the bottom of the barrel has to offer. Better add condoms to the back-to-school supply list!'Education' misspelled on CMS teacher coaster
Smells Like: idiocy , North Carolina , teachers
I hope North Carolina isn't putting their best foot forward in this one. They distributed 1800 coasters as a teacher gift and misspelled the one word we hope they get right- Education. Is there anyone who wants to argue that Microsoft Word spellcheck hasn't dumbed us all down a bit?
Gun discharges in bookbag at Macon middle school
Smells Like: Georgia , guns , safety
It sounds like the student was practicing proper firearm safety by not aiming the gun at any people. It just stinks that he most likely ruined a brand new backpack during a time of economic crunch. His mom should teach him a lesson by making him use the bullet-hole riddled one the rest of the school year.
"Sexting" banned at public schools in Texas
Smells Like: cell phone , policy , sex , Texas
Story: "Sexting" banned at public schools in U.S. state of Texas
Good luck enforcing this one! I wonder if it makes more sense to ban "cell phone use," rather than specific actions on cell phones. It's already illegal for anyone to possess kid porn, and anytime a teenager (under 18) sends sexy images of themselves to friends, they are breaking the law. Maybe we should educate students on that fact, rather than trying to institute school rules about off-campus behaviors.
Back to School Problems at Burroughs
Smells Like: D.C. , health , parents , protest
Story: Back to School Problems at Burroughs
This might be the only school in the country where the swine flu isn't the biggest health concern. Some PTA mothers are actually strapping up with face masks and telling parents to turn around and bring their kids back in a couple days. The school recently had some construction, and the PTA (who also apparently moon-light with the EPA), doesn't feel the air quality is breathable yet. Is it just me, or is staying in school is becoming harder and harder?
School bans t-shirt bearing the First Amendment
Smells Like: 1st amendment , dress code , Kansas , policy
I have never been more proud of our freedom than after hearing this perfect display of irony.
Helper Junior High teacher allegedly paid student for sex
Smells Like: sex , teachers , Utah
This takes teacher sex scandals to a whole new level. Not only does a 15-year old boy get to have sex with his teacher, but he gets paid $1500 to do it! I would like to hear an argument that he is not the luckiest teenager ever.
Missing kindergartner found in 1st grade
Smells Like: Arkansas , idiocy , panic , recess
A cop had to investigate the entire school only to realize that the boy made a friend on the playground and followed him back to class. It would have been nice if the 1st grade teacher noticed that she mysteriously inherited an extra child mid-way through the day.
150 suspended over dress code at Indiana school
Smells Like: dress code , expression , Indiana , policy , trouble
Story: Mass suspensions over dress code at Ind. school
This principal means business. Anything too tight, too baggy, too revealing, or with logos and designs is strictly prohibited from school grounds. We understand that students may have broken the rules, but the real question has more to do with the intent behind the policy. The more effort schools put on battling dress code problems, the less time the have to focus on real issues...say, grades, attendance and graduation rates for example.
Bill Cosby attacks education cuts
Smells Like: budget , comedian , Pennsylvania , protest
Story: Bill Cosby attacks education cuts
Bill Cosby is protesting budget cuts and Tony Danza wants to be a teacher. What is going on in Philadelphia that all the 80's TV stars are joining together to help education. If Michael Jackson were still alive I think we'd be hearing another "We are the World" song.
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