AP : School near Schiavo's hospice sending students elsewhere

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PINELLAS PARK, Fla. (AP) -- Students enrolled at the elementary school near the hospice where Terri Schiavo lives will be sent to other facilities this week, a move designed to keep the children away from the gauntlet of media and protesters covering the ongoing saga.

The 600 students at Cross Bayou Elementary School will be split among three neighboring schools, said Pinellas County schools spokesman Ron Stone. The school is located just west of the Woodside Hospice, where protesters and media have gathered since Terri Schiavo's feeding tube was removed March 18.

That was the school's last day of classes; it was closed last week for spring break. Many students were absent on the day the tube was pulled, something school officials attributed to the frenzy outside the hospice.

"It is felt that the unstable and highly emotional environment that currently exists at the Woodside Hospice and the security measures currently in place by law enforcement will make it difficult for school to function normally," schools superintendent Clayton Wilcox said in a statement Sunday.
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[Cobalt Violet]

1. Disrupting school kids! Got to love those Dumf*ckistan values!

[Skidmore]

11. OT, but

very cool artwork. Is it something you have done?

[Cobalt Violet]

14. Yes it my "Food Chain" painting.

Thanks.

[Skidmore]

15. I love the colors in it. Do you have a website that

shows more of your work.

[daleo]

2. But who will think of the children? n/t

[MnFats]

3. is this simply precautionary or do they know something...

...that we don't?



I'm probably just being paranoid, but are they expecting some kind of violent outburst when this thing comes to a head?

[obxhead]

4. so whatever happened to hal turner?

[ima_sinnic]

5. with these lunatics, anything is possible--best to err on the side of

extreme caution!
they're all playing with short decks--like 51 cards short.

[truthisfreedom]

6. the thugs always ALWAYS ALWAYS err on the side of greatest commotion.

they only care to wedge. they don't care about America's citizens, just corporations, greed, getting re-elected by any means, and their confounded wacko talking points.

[montana_hazeleyes]

12. They have

plenty of jokers though.

[la la]

7. school is supposed to be--->

a safe place for children.

This school is not a safe place now, for children, or adults. I cannot understand why these protestor freaks are allowed to do this in front of another place that is to be peaceful and near a place that is to be safe.
Now, that is something the 'government' should prevent.
How many children and adults are being affected by this freakish protest?

[deadparrot]

8. Well done, Talibornagains...

Inconveniencing a school of kids and their parents.

That's lovely, and not at all rude.

Carry on.

[jmcon007]

9. Look children! They're going to help get God back in the classroom!

[soup]

10. How much is THIS little bit of additional craziness going to cost?

and

There's not enough chaos already? Why disrupt the lives of over 600 MORE families for the sake of a few protesters?

Are the children going to be integrated/stuffed into existing classes at the other schools, or are they going to be set up in gyms or lunchrooms? Has anyone heard how the other schools are handling this influx? What about desks and supplies? After school programs? Special needs students? How much time is this busing going to add to their schoolday? And the parents? And the teachers- are they being uprooted, too?

Spring break was last week and it's hard enough to settle back into routine for the first few days back, and now this complete clusterf*ck has to be contended with as well?

Why not just move the protesters out? Put them in a zoned and cordoned off area somewhere where they can continue the circus?

Wouldn't this just make more sense all the way around?

This is nuts.

If trailerhitch Jesus jumped the shark, this stuffs it and hangs it on the wall as a trophy.

sorry for the rant. my hackles are raised.

[bluedog]

19. the kids are being bused

..I e-mailed gov bush this morning...I e-mailed Pinellas Park Police dept and asked them why they are not doing their job...to allow a home grown terrorist group to take siege of this street............I had to leave a message on a recorder at the school board........I want to know why my tax money is being burned up to bus these kids miles away when these idiots freaks are treated with kids gloves


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............It is uncertain, Stone said, when the students will return to Cross Bayou.



Some students will spend the day at Stavros. The rest will be transported to either Walsingham or Southern Oak elementary schools, which are adjacent to the institute. Teachers and staff will go with them.
...............children would begin the day at the Gus A. Stavros Institute, 12090 Starkey Road, Largo, about 4 miles from the school.
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Administrators tried to take everything into consideration in planning the relocation, Ron Stone said. Arrangements have been made for children who attend before- and after-school programs to receive the same care at one of the other schools.

Pinellas Park police officers, who closed the narrow, dead-end street to traffic about 2:30 p.m. Sunday, planned to be on hand early this morning to direct parents who did not receive the principal's message.

[HeeBGBz]

13. "Unstable" is an understatement

Shame on them for disrupting the school.

[Ganja Ninja]

16. Probably a good idea before some armed life lover ...

starts shooting up the place.

Eventually we are going to have to deal with this crowd and it's going to be ugly and bloody. They refuse to accept any position other than their own. They won't quit and they won't go away.

[Endangered Specie]

17. They dont want anymore 10yearolds to get arrested

:eyes:

[brooklynite]

18. Maybe they should go on a field trip...

The RWers want religion to be tought in the schools; what could be better than first-hand experience?

[rocktivity]

20. Put the protestors in a free speech zone and let those kids go to school!

:grr:
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