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Old 05-24-2012, 08:23 AM
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Horrific incident leads to suspension of 60 students

60 Students Suspended for Biking to School (?!?) : TreeHugger

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Old 05-24-2012, 08:45 AM
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OK now that's just stupid.
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Old 05-24-2012, 11:34 AM
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Perhaps they're better off being suspended. And we wonder why Americans are obese -- bet the principal is a fat crap and is jealous that they can ride a bike and he can't.

Also, why was this treated as a "mass ride" with police escort? Students should have been free to ride to school from day 1.

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Old 05-24-2012, 01:31 PM
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Old 05-24-2012, 02:03 PM
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SCOFFLAWS!

Or would they be scoffstupidpolicies?
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Old 05-24-2012, 02:13 PM
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Man I would have loved to be able to bike to school in hs
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Old 05-24-2012, 02:18 PM
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Oh, Michigan.... that explains it.

How in hell could she have not known about this - it was obviously a prearranged event, with police escort and even the mayor attending handing out doughnuts.

And from the comments, besides calling it a prank, she even went so far as to badmouth the students, their parents concerning their parenting skills, even a snide remark towards the mayor.

Says she later apologized, that she was concerned about "safety".

Bullcrap. She's a control freak, and pissed off that she wasn't in on the free publicity or asked to participate in organizing the event.
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Old 05-24-2012, 05:31 PM
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I get this image in my head of Dolores Umbridge when she became headmistress of Hogwarts...
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Old 05-24-2012, 05:35 PM
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I get this image in my head of Dolores Umbridge when she became headmistress of Hogwarts...
Nice.
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Old 05-24-2012, 05:42 PM
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Bullcrap. She's a control freak, and pissed off that she wasn't in on the free publicity or asked to participate in organizing the event.
That sounds about right.
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This is about the lamest thing I've heard recently.

What a useless pustule Pennington is. She's the one that needs to be suspended. For about a week. With no pay.
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Old 05-24-2012, 07:17 PM
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Well now, most of us droopydrawers are aware the Constitution protects our right to be stupid, and to exercise our right thereof but some morons feel entitled to take that slender definition to it's illogical extreme.

Nobody ever said people always strive to achieve equitable and balanced decisions based upon knowledge{or lack thereof}.

Hell, without dissatisfaction there would be no progress.

Conversely without stupid complacency there would be no humour.
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Old 05-24-2012, 09:24 PM
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Small town politics, probably more to it. I would expect the Mayor would make a call to the board of ed to solve it.

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