For you people in the Twin Cities looking for a great school

http://secondfoundationschool.wordpress.com/

not into O’Rielly and Dan Greenberg was rude to our school (which has existed longer than his BTW) but here, anyhow

Village Free School in Portlandia

Democratic School in Israel

Been away from here a long time. Going to start it up again!

Harriton High School Used Laptop Webcams To SPY On Students At Home, Suit Alleges

PHILADELPHIA (AP) – A federal lawsuit accuses a suburban Philadelphia school district of spying on students at home through school-issued laptop webcams.

The suit says Lower Merion School District officials can activate the webcams remotely without students’ knowledge. The lawsuit alleges the cameras captured images of Harriton High School students and their families as they undressed and in other compromising situations.

Families learned of the alleged webcam images when an assistant principal spoke to a student about inappropriate behavior at home.

Boing Boing reports that according to details included in the Blake J Robbins v Lower Merion School District filings, ‘The issue came to light when the Robbins’s child was disciplined for “improper behavior in his home” and the Vice Principal used a photo taken by the webcam as evidence. ‘

Superintendent Christopher W. McGinley did not immediately return a message left by The Associated Press.
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Student Nearly Suspended Over LEGO-Sized Gun

image via SI Advance
Just how little tolerance is zero tolerance? A Staten Island fourth-grader was reprimanded and almost suspended yesterday when the principal spotted him playing with a LEGO policeman and a two-inch-long toy gun during lunch, the Advance reports.

Under the city’s no-tolerance policy regarding guns in schools, PS 52 Principal Evelyn Matroianni brought 9-year-old Patrick Timoney to her office and called his mother to say the boy might be suspended for carrying the miniature toy gun to school, pending the approval of the Department of Education’s security administrator. When contacted, the administrator reportedly said the toy should be confiscated and returned to the boy’s parents, however no other punishment would be necessary.

“It’s crazy,” the boy’s mother, Laura Timoney, told the paper. “He’s missing class time, all for silly toys. The boys are just trying to relax. If there’s a real threat, why not call the Police Department?” She noted that another child had brought an action figure that was carrying an ax, but only her son was punished. “When are we going to take responsibility for common sense and logic?” In 2007, a New Jersey 7-year-old was suspended when he drew a picture of gun.