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| Meltdown: Staffers Beaten, Students Brawling at Lawless Philly High School |
| 2014-04-05 |
| [CNSNEWS] From the Philadelphia Inquirer: One teacher calls it the "new normal" for southwest Philadelphia's Bartram High School: a massive brawl in the cafeteria, where students punched and stomped each other, and even attacked school police; firecrackers set off in the building; and the student who fractured the skull of a "conflict resolution specialist" is once again roaming the halls, just two weeks after the attack. Insiders told the newspaper, the larger problem at the 1,100-student school "is the continued culture of chaos and disregard for authority." According to the newspaper, four additional Philadelphia and school coppers will be at the school by Monday; a community meeting is planned; and the district has reached out to city officials to get social-services help for students who need it. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #12 Extra points for Vernal Omaimp6270! |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2014-04-05 21:51 |
| #11 "My Child is an Honors Thug at Bartram High School!" |
| Posted by: Vernal Omaimp5270 2014-04-05 19:16 |
| #10 This has been going down the road to hell for a looooooooooong time. My parents moved us out of NYC in '56 because the public schools sucked so, there was no discipline and our parochial school was only half day. That's more than 50 years in the s#!##er thanks to the Democrats and the Teacher's Unions (but I repeat myself) |
| Posted by: AlanC 2014-04-05 19:10 |
| #9 Back in the 80s my school district had one school for the troublemakers so that the other schools could keep running normally. That seemed to work. We really need a trade school program where we can get some of the kids who aren't going on to college out of the system. Back in the 50s they called such 'Boys Industrial School'. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2014-04-05 11:50 |
| #8 We really need a trade school program where we can get some of the kids who aren't going on to college out of the system. If they learn to fix cars or build houses or some other job they will not disrupt the school and they'll have job potential. Every other industrialized country does this but the US fetishises high school graduation so we keep kids trapped who have no business there and who in effect pull others down with them. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2014-04-05 10:07 |
| #7 Back in the 80s my school district had one school for the troublemakers so that the other schools could keep running normally. That seemed to work. Then I believe that changed because it was unfair to those troublesome students. Fast forward to the mid-nineties when my aunt was a sub at my old high school and she was choked by a student. Student's father was a lawyer and the school didn't want to lose the money they got for having a butt in the chair so nothing was done. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2014-04-05 10:05 |
| #6 No child left behind, eh? "Child," of course, being a relative term. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-04-05 09:08 |
| #5 Roger AlanC. My neighbor is partial to his CZ. I don't argue about his preference much, he's a former Marine. I may go down, my aim isn't what it once was. But mind my empty shell casings as you reach for my wallet. You could fall and break a leg. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-04-05 08:55 |
| #4 At what point did they release they lost control? /sarc off No discipline = no education (period) Fully actualized feral humans. Fine products of the progressive dogma. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2014-04-05 08:53 |
| #3 Beso, I actually guffawed/snorted out loud at that. The irony was too much to take. I like your solution though a CZ or Ruger would work too. These bozos just don't get it. When you go on about "We're here to help you and take care of you" the translation of the "kids" is we'll give you anything and everything you want, just don't hurt us. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2014-04-05 08:42 |
| #2 No child left behind, eh? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-04-05 04:29 |
| #1 ....and the student who fractured the skull of a "conflict resolution specialist" Issue the next "conflict resolution specialist" a Colt and far different outcomes may be realized. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-04-05 01:03 |