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Looks like the mainstream media is starting to figure it out: the zero tolerance policies that they have encouraged over the past 20 years are way too harsh. The article sites the example of a Shrieveport LA high school student is forced to go to Alcohol

A Greene County, Missouri seventh grade girl was raped at school twice in a two year period. According to a Federal lawsuit launched earlier this week by her parents, after reporting the second incident and medical evidence of sexual assault, the school suspended her for a "prohibited public display of affection."  According to an ABC News report, the girl was forced to 

In a move guaranteed to ensure kids doing drugs continue doing drugs instead of participating in school programs and athletics, Franklin, Indiana school officials want to begin testing middle and high school students for drugs if they want to play sports, march in the band, join student council or drive to school.  Superintendent David Clendening, who wants the policy in place by this fal

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