Sunday, May 9, 2010

Issue No. 73: DA says principal stole cash to buy $500 pen

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In Today's Issue:
1. DA says principal stole cash to buy $500 pen
2. Student's cell phone video catches PE teacher stealing
3. Principal: 'It sounded like a bomb'
4. Blacks hit harder by discipline - but is this the right fix?
5. District in hot water over paper's oral sex story


1. DA says principal stole
cash to buy $500 pen

She was a principal for years, and she'd even been tapped to supervise
all the principals in her district. But now she's being charged with
16 felony counts:
http://pbpinfo.com/links?ID=3993437509&L=ENUEZ-73cc-a&tg1=83


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2. Student's cell phone video
catches PE teacher stealing

See how a student used a modern tech tool to nail a veteran teacher as
he rifled through gym lockers. The teacher denied the charges - until
he saw the evidence against him:
http://pbpinfo.com/links?ID=3993437509&L=ENUEZ-73cc-b&tg1=88


3. Principal: 'It sounded like a bomb'

It wasn't a bomb, but it did cause major chaos. Could it happen at
your school?
http://pbpinfo.com/links?ID=3993437509&L=ENUEZ-73cc-c&tg1=81


4. Blacks hit harder by discipline --
but is this the right fix?

Black students in this district are suspended at a much higher rate
than others. But some are questioning whether a proposed "memorandum
of understanding" will do anything to help the situation:
http://pbpinfo.com/links?ID=3993437509&L=ENUEZ-73cc-d&tg1=84


5. District in hot water over
paper's oral sex story

When a school newspaper story about oral sex included some students'
names, the district found itself in court defending invasion of
privacy and negligence charges. The jury's verdict:
http://pbpinfo.com/links?ID=3993437509&L=ENUEZ-73cc-e&tg1=82


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