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Tue Oct-26-10 05:27 PM
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| 9. You mean like wailing or gnashing of teeth? You actualy know the individuals on this board and saw |
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no remorse from any of them? The kids got the spanking. Again.
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| -Lesbian prom flap: School district must pay-Judge awards legal fees to Constance McMillen |
kpete |
Oct-26-10 04:51 PM |
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derby378 |
Oct-26-10 04:53 PM |
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Justice, upon payment, has... |
hayu_lol |
Oct-26-10 05:06 PM |
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At a time when schools are laying off teachers and staff, curtailing some curiclum like home-ec and |
herbm |
Oct-26-10 05:09 PM |
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$81,000 can probably be recouped by trimming the bureaucratic fat |
derby378 |
Oct-26-10 05:16 PM |
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Because they always get laid off first? |
skyounkin |
Oct-26-10 05:24 PM |
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Well, I guess we can dream, cuz that ain't going to happen. These tea baggers never seem to get spla |
herbm |
Oct-26-10 05:24 PM |
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Many of the popular "punished" kids went to the real party |
Omaha Steve |
Oct-26-10 05:22 PM |
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I didn't see any remorse from that school district. |
gvstn |
Oct-26-10 05:23 PM |
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You mean like wailing or gnashing of teeth? You actualy know the individuals on this board and saw |
herbm |
Oct-26-10 05:27 PM |
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They took a 17 year old girl to court because they thought she |
gvstn |
Oct-26-10 05:55 PM |
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Didn't she take them to court? As well she should have. My problem is with the resolution, the money |
herbm |
Oct-26-10 07:32 PM |
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Indeed she did with help from the ACLU |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-26-10 07:58 PM |
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And how does the $81,000.00 fit in? |
herbm |
Oct-26-10 08:27 PM |
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ACLU has a right to be paid by the losers when the court authorizes it |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-26-10 08:40 PM |
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The ACLU got its 'support' this time off the backs of students. Nothing happened to the actor: the |
herbm |
Oct-27-10 11:22 AM |
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Nothing ever does. Moreover nothing was ever pursued over the fake prom |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-27-10 12:31 PM |
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The private party was a private party. People can be asses at private partys. |
herbm |
Oct-27-10 02:04 PM |
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The "private party" was the real prom |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-27-10 03:52 PM |
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And why wasn't there an official prom? A make-up prom? and how does $81,000 fix anything? |
herbm |
Oct-27-10 05:53 PM |
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There was a rescheduled prom same night as the "private party" |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-27-10 08:55 PM |
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Well heck. That's worth 81,000. Is this a way to crack at teens because you couldn't mandate attende |
herbm |
Oct-28-10 11:40 AM |
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Is that magnitude of ignorance difficult, or does it come naturally to you? |
Posteritatis |
Oct-28-10 04:19 PM |
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And it balanced what out how? $81,000.00 out of the budget. And I bet you sling ANOTHER personal ins |
herbm |
Oct-28-10 06:19 PM |
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First, calling an ignorant person ignorant is not an insult. |
Posteritatis |
Oct-28-10 06:45 PM |
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We agree on the action legally 100% What we don't agree on is the remedy. The $81,000.00. |
herbm |
Oct-28-10 06:55 PM |
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No one is in an undamaged state. |
gvstn |
Oct-28-10 07:18 PM |
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Yeeah, time to stop talking until you actually learn about the situation. (nt) |
Posteritatis |
Oct-27-10 03:54 PM |
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Like I said. |
herbm |
Oct-27-10 05:51 PM |
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I can't feel much sympathy for the students at that school. nt |
tblue37 |
Oct-27-10 01:01 PM |
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Did you see when the students started participating in discussion about the whole thing? |
Posteritatis |
Oct-27-10 01:33 PM |
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So it hinges on your sympathy not the facts or reason. I support thr Bill of Rights and it extends |
herbm |
Oct-27-10 02:01 PM |
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Only one person's rights were violated in this whole situation. (nt) |
Posteritatis |
Oct-27-10 02:10 PM |
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And that was worth $81,000.00. |
herbm |
Oct-27-10 02:28 PM |
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Those were compensory legal fees |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-27-10 03:48 PM |
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You guys know I'm right about this. |
herbm |
Oct-27-10 05:28 PM |
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That certainly explains why we're saying you're not. (nt) |
Posteritatis |
Oct-27-10 05:58 PM |
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riiiiiiiiight. |
herbm |
Oct-27-10 06:04 PM |
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It was worth whatever it cost to make it clear it was unacceptable. |
Posteritatis |
Oct-27-10 03:53 PM |
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See above. |
herbm |
Oct-27-10 05:28 PM |
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You're wrong. You don't know what you're talking about. |
ThomCat |
Oct-28-10 02:05 AM |
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Huh? What do the Bill of Rights protections have to do with the fact |
tblue37 |
Oct-28-10 04:50 PM |
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I don't think you know how the ACLU and other non-profit legal organizations work |
jberryhill |
Oct-27-10 02:19 PM |
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The students were clearly supported by their parents. |
HuckleB |
Oct-28-10 05:03 PM |
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The losers? |
nalnn |
Oct-27-10 11:55 AM |
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Never happens |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-27-10 12:32 PM |
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That would be about seven weeks of my time, full time, at my billing rate |
jberryhill |
Oct-27-10 02:15 PM |
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nvm |
Sgent |
Oct-26-10 11:40 PM |
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I'm sorry but maybe the community will understand the |
gvstn |
Oct-26-10 10:37 PM |
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They won't.The kids take the brunt of it again. $81,000.00 off the money that already is not enough |
herbm |
Oct-27-10 11:17 AM |
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You seem offended that there was a "remedy" at all. (nt) |
Posteritatis |
Oct-27-10 12:08 PM |
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Firing the principal might have been a start. Requiring the Board to take a gov't vetted |
herbm |
Oct-27-10 01:52 PM |
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You need to read up on the events |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-27-10 03:58 PM |
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Just for using the special ed kids the way they did |
ThomCat |
Oct-28-10 02:18 AM |
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I imagine that to many people |
LanternWaste |
Oct-27-10 03:38 PM |
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That isn't your decision to make. |
ThomCat |
Oct-28-10 02:15 AM |
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Excellent post! nt |
tblue37 |
Oct-27-10 01:02 PM |
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Isn't the money going back to the state? |
Lost-in-FL |
Oct-26-10 06:14 PM |
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Goes to her lawyers. ACLU as I recall |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-26-10 07:53 PM |
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How utterly progressive. Only the other students lost here. And that is decidedly unprogressive. |
herbm |
Oct-27-10 11:19 AM |
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That those responsible for the decisions were not directly punished is a shame |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-27-10 12:33 PM |
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Do you work for free? |
jberryhill |
Oct-27-10 02:11 PM |
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It was the other students here who, as a group, |
ThomCat |
Oct-28-10 02:25 AM |
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Maybe the board should have thought of that before they thoroughly earned the fine. (nt) |
Posteritatis |
Oct-26-10 08:21 PM |
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Its not a fine nor damages, it is legal fees over the original cancellation suit. |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-26-10 08:44 PM |
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Either way, it was completely, entirely the district's fault they were in that situation. (nt) |
Posteritatis |
Oct-26-10 08:46 PM |
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Absolutely right. As I said earlier, I would be most interested to see what they do this year |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-26-10 09:03 PM |
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That's my guess, with the addition that the school would quietly be involved with those, too. (nt) |
Posteritatis |
Oct-26-10 09:08 PM |
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because without the financial consequence |
quakerboy |
Oct-26-10 10:33 PM |
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The school authorities didn't care that they put kids' education at risk |
tblue37 |
Oct-27-10 12:59 PM |
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Just have them fire one useless administrator and the $81,000's covered. |
FiveGoodMen |
Oct-27-10 04:18 PM |
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It would have been a far better lesson had the school |
saltpoint |
Oct-26-10 07:55 PM |
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Actually they sort of did, but then only a few showed up and the rest attened a "private party" |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-26-10 07:59 PM |
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Good point. |
saltpoint |
Oct-26-10 08:14 PM |
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Is it really "sort of did" when they were involved in seeing up the decoy and "real" proms? (nt) |
Posteritatis |
Oct-26-10 08:25 PM |
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That has never really been documented to any kind of legal standard, but it would be incredulous if |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-26-10 08:38 PM |
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If they don't have 81,000. To spare don't discriminate. |
xchrom |
Oct-26-10 08:54 PM |
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You think the board will care? |
John Kerry VonErich |
Oct-27-10 06:00 PM |
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Good, except it shoulda been at least 150K. nt |
Zorra |
Oct-27-10 06:45 PM |
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Why can't it be from the pockets of the administrators who did this??? |
Taverner |
Oct-28-10 06:33 PM |
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The school *are* the homophobes, if you've ever heard the kid's classmates sound off on this. (nt) |
Posteritatis |
Oct-28-10 06:46 PM |
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