Big Bloomberg is watching


NYPD conducts routine surveillance on Muslim college students, including daily reviews of student websites, blogs, and most recently undercover presence at a rafting trip near Buffalo attended by Muslim undergrads from the City College of New York. Although Mayor Bloomberg defends such invasion of privacy, we must agree with Yale President Richard Levin who stated 


"I am writing to state, in the strongest possible terms, that police surveillance based on religion, nationality, or peacefully expressed political opinions is antithetical to the values of Yale, the academic community, and the United States." 

STORY: Bloomberg And Yale President Richard Levin Face Off On Police Surveilling Muslim Students


Wait til your father gets home


Despite his protests, a Willow Creek Middle School Student was outed to his parents by the school as part of a "bullying prevention effort." So the Alpine School District figures that violating student's right to privacy is a necessary part of prevention. Thankfully the boy's parents have been supportive of their son, but what if this weren't the case? Consider this blog as an official outing (without permission of course) of the school district decision makers as DUMB and DANGEROUS.

STORY: Utah Middle School Defends Outing Gay Student To Parents As Bullying Prevention Effort


School plumbing inspection gone wild


Volunteer middle school principal Patrick Lott (Bernardsville Middle School) is in the slammer facing charges that he videotaped 22 boys (9 of whom were under the age of 16) as they showered at Immaculata High School. This "plumbing inspection" occurred over a three year period, starting in 2008. Perhaps Patrick is just a plumber wanna-be or is understandably obsessed with faucets, shower heads, and floor drains. We recommend that Mr. Lott seek career counseling or professional help from PA (Plumbers Anonymous).

STORY: Patrick Lott, Middle School Principal, Arrested For Allegedly Recording Boys Showering


BIG BROTHER: California students get tracking devices


A California preschool is outfitting students with a jersey that has a tracking device to automatically take attendance and determine if the kids have eaten yet. I'd imagine the local teenage hackers will have fun with this.

STORY: California students get tracking devices


BIG BROTHER: Students Spied on by School Issued Laptop Webcams

STORY: Suit: School spied on students via webcams

These are the stories that keep us getting out of bed in the morning. An affluent school district in PA decided it would be an awesome idea to give all the students laptops - and then use the built-in webcams to spy on the kids while at home!

Apparently Lindy Matsko, an assistant principal at Harriton High School, told a student that school officials thought he had engaged in "improper behavior" at home and cited as evidence a photograph from the webcam embedded in student's personal laptop issued by the school.

Of course, the family of the student has now filed a class action lawsuit against the entire district. This is really amazing.. they were spying on kids at home through the webcams, and then disciplining kids for actions that took place at home! Out of control.

You can read the entire court complaint here: Robbins v. Lower Merion School District (PDF)


School using laptops to spy on students

Story: School district accused of spying on kids via laptop webcams

This is the perfect scam to satisfy your voyeurism fetish. The school gave everyone laptops with built in webcams, and now they can watch the students undress every night at home. I can picture some creepy tech guy sitting at home just sifting through a 30-screen grid of streaming video footage of teens at home. What an embarassment to public schools everywhere. I wonder if the students every learned about the Trojan horse in history class?


Teacher Accused of Videotaping Kids in Restroom

Story: Teacher Accused of Videotaping Kids in Restroom

He was caught because every time a student went to the bathroom, he would go to his desk to view the live feed. When schools began introducing new technology in the classroom, this isn't what we had in mind. I wonder if he had to drill a peep-hole back in the day?


Teacher broke law by posting top test scores

Story: Teacher broke law by posting top test scores

If you're a teacher in Minnesota, pay close attention. This teacher used a motivational technique he learned by posting the names of the top test scores for everyone to see. In the process he violated the privacy of the students, which is protected under state law. Next time, he should encrypt the message with a code that only the smart students can decipher.


"Slut List" rocks top-ranked N.J. school

Story: A Rite of Hazing, Now Out in the Open

Part of being a freshman at Millburn High means you are subject to some senior hazing, as well as the ever-popular Slut List. The principal openly speaks about the fact that his students produce a guide for upperclassman so they know who the freshmen sluts are. The sad thing is, some girls get upset when they don't make the list. In a recent survey, this school ranked #1 in the state. So to all you administrators, take note of how to run a top-notch program.


Transgender teen wants genderless bathrooms

Story: Transgender Vt. teen wants genderless bathrooms


I am not sure how many transgendered students there are attending Vermont high schools, but I am guessing that number is very close to one. Sounds to me like this kid just wants his own bathroom!


Students protest surveillance of two girls kissing



It seems one of the best places to view some girl on girl action is from high school bathroom surveillance footage. I would just not be the best way to find out that your daughter is attracted to females. I am guessing that is a clip most parents don't want to watch. Leave it to the principal to be the bearer of this news. As you might suspect, there are some unhappy students right now.


12-year old girl forced to take pregnancy test at school




Based on a rumor (most likely started by other 12-year old girls), the school counselor decided find out for himself if it was true. Not really sure what business of his it is if she was pregnant, but maybe that's just how he gets his rocks off. Well, she was NOT pregnant, just publically humiliated by school officials. Which also means whatever boy was accused of doing it with her, is now back to square one for proving to his friends he went all the way.


Web site invites kids to snitch on bullies

Story: Web site invites kids to report bullies incognito

PRO: Students will not be embarrassed or shy to report bullying
CON: Bullies will become outraged at snitches and begin targeting them even more
PRO: The school can keep tabs on behavior patters among students
CON: Students can report false information, causing a lack of resources for faculty to investigate each case
PRO: Some students will feel safer knowing that problems have been reported
CON: Students will not develop natural social skills like the previous 25 generations


Kids Pulled From Transgender Teacher's Class

Story: Kids Pulled From Transgender Teacher's Class

Parents weren't too happy when they found out that Suzie and Johnny's favorite music teacher went from being a Miss to a Mister over the summer. The anger can be supported by pages and pages of research that show conclusive evidence that transgender patients develop poor teaching skills after the surgery. The parents also (while not having any concept of Privacy Acts) demanded that the school inform them of this change. As a result, the schools music program has unfortunately taken a downward spiral due to lack of interest.


Skip school in Texas, wear a GPS bracelet

Story: Texas truant students to be tracked by GPS anklets

Is Texas still trying to secede? Because I don't know how we are letting them get away with all these new policies. Prisoners have more freedom than most of these students. The next step for Texas is genetically manipulating the DNA of all newborns to ensure that each child will grow up to become the ideal student. This...is the answer to the education problem.


School rebuked for ibuprofen strip search

Story: School rebuked for ibuprofen strip search

OK, so now we know we can't remove girls bra's and shake their panties for pills. The court is telling us that this is a violation of our rights?! I thought we wanted schools to head in the direction of prison life.


Rhode Island School to Begin Microchipping Students


Story: School District to Begin Microchipping Students

They want to track kids getting on and off buses by putting chips in everyone's back pack. This way parents and teachers will always know the exact location of every student. They also plan to constantly transmit signals and subliminal messages telling children to "CONSUME." Oh, and RoboCop will be enforcing attendance when kids are caught where they shouldn't be.


Nude student photos shock local middle school


Story: Nude student photos shock local middle school

Young teens trade nude photos of each other as if it was candy. No more digging through the back of dad's closet if you want to see a naked chick...you can just have a friend send you a text image of the cute girl in school during geometry class. The sad thing- it's only a matter of time until this epidemic strikes elementary schools.


Memphis High School in ACLU Crosshairs for Outing 2 Gay Students


Story: Memphis High School in ACLU Crosshairs for Outing 2 Gay Students

It's hard enough being a gay teen in society. Add that to being in high school and we've got quite the formula for future psychotherapy candidates. I am sure it's well within a principals rights to humiliate students by making it public knowledge that they're gay. Somebody must have done a number on her when she was in school.


Assistant Principal Accused Of Peeping In Woman's Window



This is reassuring. Now we have principals that follow people home and get caught looking in windows. Police found him injured on the ground after his ladder fell when he attempted to jump it like a pogo-stick from the bathroom to the bedroom of the second story home.


 
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