US: William Poole, a high school student in Lexington, Kentucky, was arrested for "making terrorist threats" after his grandparents turned a violent story they found in his journal over to the police. The story, which William wrote for English class, describes a high school overrun by violent zombies. Poole is being held in a detention […]
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Student Arrested for Zombie Story
Girl in Tux Banned from Yearbook
US: The Clay County School Board in Green Cove Springs, Florida, upheld a decision by a high school principal to ban a photograph of a female student wearing a tuxedo from the high school yearbook. The student, Kelli Davis, said she was uncomfortable with the traditional yearbook attire for girls, a gown-like drape and pearls, […]
2 boys (9 & 10 years old!) arrested for violent drawings
US: Two boys, ages 9 and 10, were charged with felonies and taken away from school in handcuffs, accused of making violent drawings of stick figures.Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article
Rockstar to release Bully game
Rockstar Games describes the upcoming title as one where gamers play a "troublesome schoolboy" who "stands up to bullies, gets picked on by teachers, plays pranks on malicious kids, wins or loses the girl, and ultimately learns to navigate the obstacles of the fictitious reform school." People are already saying the game should be banned, […]
13 teens face felonies
US: Thirteen Kutztown Area High School students are facing felony charges for tampering with district-issued laptop computers. According to parent testimony and confirmed by an otherwise vaguely-worded letter from the Kutztown Police Department, students got hold of the system's secret administrative password and reconfigured their computers to achieve greater Internet and network access.Posted by: SoulRiserSource […]
Mental Health Screening in Schools Signals the End of Parental Rights
US: In the 2005-2006 school year, all parents will receive written notice of new policies from your children's schools. Many schools will ask you to sign permission slips, allowing school counselors or "advocates" to have conversations with your children. You will be told how your local schools are now involved in vision and dental screenings, […]
Ranch designed to break you down and build you THEIR way
THIS IS SCARY: The objective of Turn-About Ranch school is to provide a tough, hard-hitting, high-impact residential program for troubled teenagers that will remold and turn around the lives of rebellious teens. Every bad attitude and manipulative behavior is dealt with directly and immediately. Level I is designed to disorient and upset the youth's everyday […]
Taliban Rule One Inch Further Away
For once, a shameful, anti-teen law has gone down in flames rather than living on to oppress teens for years to come. The infamous, yet laughable ban on low riding pants in Virgina has met a well deserved end: RICHMOND, Va. - Virginia lawmakers dropped their droopy-pants bill Thursday after the whole thing became just […]
Kid suspended for 10 days for talking to mother.
A high school boy was suspended for ten days for talking on a cell phone to his mother in Iraq and then failing to obey teachers by ending the call. Teachers called his actions "defiant." Posted by: jamesSource Article
Zero-Tolerance Burrito
A call about a possible weapon at a middle school prompted police to put armed officers on rooftops, close nearby streets and lock down the school. All over a giant burrito.Someone called authorities Thursday after seeing a boy carrying something long and wrapped into Marshall Junior High.The drama ended two hours later when the suspicious […]
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