Our Horrible Children
More graduation horror stories: Girl denied diploma during ceremony because the crowd cheered and blew air horns while she walked onto stage. If this was me, I wouldn't have left the stage without my diploma. Even if it meant taking the mic and asking the principal to explain why I was being punished for the actions of the crowd. . The principal said he wishes he had never been forced to take such action. Forced? Were the noise police up on stage with a gun to the head of the principal? Its called using your good judgment.Student suspended 10 days for bringing toy dart gun to school, because it scared other students
Father blames zero-tolerance policy on his son's near suicide [Note the news publishing system this paper uses in URL] - he'd been expelled from school and placed on probation for bringing a pocket-knife to school.
# | June 10, 2001
