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YaMon
02-09-2006, 04:24 PM
If I were these kids, I'd get some pictures of scrubbing the toilet with their parents' toothbrushes and photoshopping the digital date to like 4 to 6 weeks earlier and posting it to my Blog! Something to fuck with them for snooping into my shit! :usuck:

Students' Drinking Reported in Blogs
Feb 8, 7:52 AM (ET)

EAST GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - Fifteen to 20 students at East Grand Rapids High School face possible disciplinary action by the school after parents reported seeing Internet photos of them drinking alcohol at parties.
Principal Patrick Cwayna said the school has started giving the students two-week suspensions from sports, a Valentine's Day dance and other extracurricular activities.
Cwayna said some parents already have appealed the suspensions, which do not affect attendance or academics, to James Morse, superintendent of East Grand Rapids Public Schools.
"This is an issue that every high school in the country deals with," Morse told The Grand Rapids Press for a story published Tuesday. "Kids will be kids, and they make mistakes. But they have to be held accountable."
None of the parties in question happened on school grounds, but students involved in extracurricular activities can be disciplined when administrators learn of rule violations, the superintendent said.
"We often get reports from the Public Safety Department if there is a party and our kids are involved," he said. "We bring them down to the office and, in many cases, they 'fess up."
In this case, however, the students were caught after parents reported discovering the photos posted to online journals known as Web logs, or "blogs," and personal Web sites such as Xanga, Myspace and Facebook.
The sites are becoming so popular among middle school and high school students that nearby Rockford Public Schools has started offering parents presentations about them.
Bob Goethal, the district's security director, said blog entries often reveal names, addresses, cell phone numbers and other information that can make students vulnerable to online predators.
"We have to try to educate our parents on what their kids are putting out there," he said. "Predators are a concern because people would know so much about them."
Goethal said security officers monitor known sites of local bloggers. The school takes limited action, usually calling parents if they spot stories about parties or other items of concern.
Rockford administrators said they, too, cannot punish students for bad behavior away from school unless they are involved in extracurricular activities.


WOW thanks for watching out for the kids and being concerned parents and teachers. Here's your award:

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facepeeler
02-09-2006, 04:57 PM
did anyone else find it funny that they switched the article away from the Hitler-esque school administrators over to online predators?


Dude I remember we used to be able to get away with all kinds of shit by stepping off school grounds, if it were after school hours. Hell, I remember one time these two kids got into a fight right as they got off the bus, and the driver stopped, snatched both their asses back on the bus, and took them back to school to talk to the principle. He nailed their asses for fighting even though they were home. Said that whole "statute of limitations" thing is what got them.

adrenaline
02-09-2006, 05:36 PM
I dont get how the school can punish students for doing stuff thats either 1. not on school grounds or 2. school sponsered...


I do think its ok for parents to check up on their kids however. I know I will try to know everything thats going on in my kids life.. But I also believe that they have a right to some fun every now and then, Give them a chance to make mistakes, hopefully they will learn from them.

Cinnamon
02-09-2006, 07:10 PM
I don't think the schools should have a say in the matter. I agree with adrenaline, parents should be aware of what their kids are up to. Teens are going to rebel and do things, part of growing up. Part of being a parent is being aware of how far you will let them run before jerking that leash. And the kids were stupid for posting the stuff on the INTERNET! HELLO!!!!!