Sunday, October 14, 2007

Summary - October 14, 2007

ARRESTED - We've had at least three cases where drug sniffing dogs were brought to school and the only drugs they found belonged to a teacher. In Florida, Michael Allen Welch, was arrested when the dog homed in on his car in the school parking lot and police found marijuana.
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EXCELLENT Series
The Columbus Dispatch has a new four-part series, the result of a 10-month investigation into teacher discipline in Ohio. Or, should we say, lack of discipline. They began the investigation after learning of school districts that kept two sets of disciplinary records -- one for the public and a secret set for administrators. They also found 246 discipline cases were secret, even to parents and schools. Even the Ohio Attorney General called the refusal of the state Department of Education to release records when ordered to do so, "Bullshit."
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