Iowa to evaluate "Time Out" limits

Story: State weighs limits on school 'timeouts,' restraints

Apparently some parents don't like the fact that their children spend hours and hours in locked rooms for 'time-out.' This was also in the proposed rules: "Educators can't hold a child face down or otherwise use force that hampers a child's ability to breathe." Based on the fact that they even had to have a discussion about suffocating kids, it makes me glad I don't have a child in Iowa schools. I wonder if they are allowed to hook students up to car batteries as a form of discipline? Or is that going to outlawed too?

Rhode Island School to Begin Microchipping Students

Story: School District to Begin Microchipping Students

They want to track kids getting on and off buses by putting chips in everyone's back pack. This way parents and teachers will always know the exact location of every student. They also plan to constantly transmit signals and subliminal messages telling children to "CONSUME." Oh, and RoboCop will be enforcing attendance when kids are caught where they shouldn't be.

OUTRAGE: Mississippi School Holds First Interracial Prom

Story: Mississippi School Holds First Interracial Prom

How did this slip under the radar?! This school has been holding segregated proms since the 70's... How does this happen? Isn't this what Moltov cocktails are designed for? Is this even legal? Can someone please help me understand how this is even allowed to happen, and how it DID happen?

WTF!

High school paper to be shut down after flag-burning photo

Story: Redding high school paper to be shut down after flag-burning photo

I know it's against the law to actually burn flags, but I wasn't aware we can't publish pictures or write about this act. Does that mean they would have been in the same trouble for showing a picture of someone smoking weed, or a picture of an illegal immigrant working in the U.S? Isn't the idea of free press in tact so we can express ourselves without censorship. Hey guys, you're more than welcome to write for the team at DetentionSlip.

Seniors banned from graduation for waving Confederate Flag

Story: Bloomington school blocks graduation walk for 3 Confederate flag-wavers

The school reacted as if these students came to school with dynamite strapped to their chest. Apparently is getting harder and harder to make it through school without getting suspended. The kids were just a couple Good 'Ol Boys gettin ready to celebrate graduatin!

"Douchebag" blog post costs senior her student council seat

Story: "Douchebag" blog post costs senior her student council seat

So, after getting jerked around by the administration with regard to scheduling of a battle of the bands concert, and THEN being threatened by the administration with an outright cancellation of the event when students organized to voice their concern, a student council member posts a comment on her personal blog (from home) which says "jamfest is cancelled due to douchebags in central office." The school then bars her from running for student council president, and also from speaking at graduation. The parents sue, obviously, and get this, some other douchebags in the "The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld a lower court decision... saying that while it was sympathetic to Avery's plight, the school did not violate her constitutional rights."

F sakes! Do I really need to delineate the dozen reasons this sucks? Avery, we've got a sweet writing gig for you at DetentionSlip.org -- and we'd love to video-cast your own personal graduation speech for millions of readers to see.

As we love to do, here is the contact info for the school:

Lewis S. Mills High School
26 Lyon Road
Burlington, Connecticut
Phone: (860) 673-0423
Website: http://www.region10ct.org/LSM/index.html

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'Moment of Silence' in schools banned for now

Story: 'Moment' in schools banned for now

What we all probably weren't aware of, is that before each school day starts, many Illinois students are forced to bow their heads for a moment of "silent prayer or for silent reflection on the anticipated activities of the day." It was later discovered that the real reason behind this was because administrators wanted to prove that they can enforce any ridiculous policy they want, and get away with it.

Subway Bans Homeschooled Kids from Essay Contest

Story: Subway Bans Homeschooled Kids from Essay Contest

Since it's hard to market to students at home who are not exposed to constant ads in the hallways, on Channel One, and even their reports cards, Subway decided it's not fair to let them cash in on any prizes. In addition, it was rumored that the initial concept for the contest was titled "The advantages of eating fast food and cutting PE time in schools."

School bans touching

Story: School bans touching

Well, that about wraps it up. With the school year winding down, there is now officially nothing you can do without facing a punishment. Wait, that's not exactly true. For now, some schools are still allowing talking. It's only a matter of time until that basic human right is waived.

Students' photos altered in yearbook

Story: Students' photos altered in McKinney yearbook

40% of the students had something changed on their picture. Clothes were switched, head sizes stretched, fake mustaches were drawn in! (maybe). Seeing as how most people have a pretty good idea of what they look like, I still can't figure out how someone would think no one would notice. School officials thought something was fishy when they realized that the majority of the students appeared in the yearbook with shirts reading: "I LOVE Lifetouch National School Studios."

School Bans Hugging

Well...maybe drugs. We'll get to that next.

Story: School Bans Hugging

Another one bites the dust...If you haven't kept your finger on the pulse of education issues, hugging has quickly become the number one threat to school safety. LA gang fights have nothing on middle school students hugging in the hallways. If this does not get resolved soon, we will be raising a generation of students who show affection and are nice to each other. Scary thought huh?

Student says teacher tossed his Mexican flag in trash

Story:Idaho student says teacher tossed his Mexican flag in trash

I guess in Idaho we don't recognize that citizens come to the United States from other countries around the world. The teacher was also allegedly cutting students to make sure that their blood was red, white, and blue.

Memphis High School in ACLU Crosshairs for Outing 2 Gay Students

Story: Memphis High School in ACLU Crosshairs for Outing 2 Gay Students

It's hard enough being a gay teen in society. Add that to being in high school and we've got quite the formula for future psychotherapy candidates. I am sure it's well within a principals rights to humiliate students by making it public knowledge that they're gay. Somebody must have done a number on her when she was in school.

Girl suspended for refusing to recite pledge of Allegiance

Story: Girl suspended for refusing to recite pledge of Allegiance

After they had G.I. Joe give her a peer mediation about honor, they then forced her to read Bible verses out-loud to the class. Are we really that concerned about people not wanting to say the pledge. Kids are bringing bombs to school and hosting fight clubs in the bathrooms, and we're cracking down on a girl who won't salute the flag?

Workers Told It's English-Only In School Cafeterias

Story: Workers Told It's English-Only In School Cafeterias

Apparently there is an unwritten code of conduct in the crazy underworld of school cafeteria's. And that code goes as follows: "This is God's America, and in God's America nobody better speak a goddamn word of Spanish." I heard they also don't let handicapped people use wheelchairs and force deaf students to hear.

Prison Conditions in PA High School

DETENTIONSLIP.org EXCLUSIVE

Developing Story: With over a dozen bomb threats at Governor Mifflin High School over the last two months, students and parents have all seen the downside to increased panic and security. Most threats have been found in school bathrooms, but none have lead to any suspects or even the sense of real danger. The following list details the daily/weekly routine of these students:
-All student enter the front doors only each morning with photo IDs and metal detector search
-Students gather in cafeteria before class starts
-ID required to use the bathroom
-Periodic locker searches
-Cameras posted outside bathrooms
-Meetings and assemblies to gather students and parents
-Canceled after-school activities
-Silent lunches
-No over-sized backpacks, purses, or instrument cases

The list goes on. What is alarming is the there are inmates in L.A. County prisons that have more rights than these students. An inside source informs DetentionSlip.org that the school has pretty much been on lockdown for two months. Parents have even started at website at BustaCreep.com to help resolve this ongoing headache. While we can only hope that these hoaxes turn out to be nothing, it is still a shame that many children are forced to grow up in a constant state of fear and panic. We will continue to bring updates from this school district as we receive them.

High School kids must show ID card to enter campus

Story: Logan High kids must show ID card to enter campus

The school was having problems with other local teens sneaking in and getting free educations. They also have plans to start the school day one hour earlier to account for the long lines outside just to get in the building now that everyone will be carded.

Student Suspended for Wearing Perfume

Story: Student Suspended for Wearing Perfume

The girl didn't feel as bad when she learned that the boys were disciplined for tucking their shirts in, some other girls got detention for crossing their legs while sitting, and most of the cafeteria lost their recess time for not placing their fork and spoon on the proper side of the plate.

School refuses to admit deaf student's dog

Story: School refuses to admit deaf student's dog

If it was ever a question whether or not the administration is uniformed about certain handicaps, please consider this quote from the article, "[the student] arrived at the school Tuesday with his mother, twin sister, lawyer and Simba. They left after a brief conversation with at the door with Principal Timothy Voels, who had a sign-language interpreter with him."

I guess blind people need sign language interpreters now.

School detention leads to law suit

Story: School detention leads to suit

We are OK with bringing Army and Marines recruiters to our public schools, but the second a student has his own idea to wear a shirt that supports the war, a detention slip is ordered. Seems kind of like upside-down logic.