[JackOfVA]

I'm 57 years old and went through 12 years of elementary/junior high/high school without once ever seeing a policeman inside a school building, let alone having a student arrested.

We certainly have advanced, haven't we.

Jack

[B.O. Plenty]

I'm a little older than you, and me too....I never saw a policeman inside my school...ever. However, I went to a small school....maybe 300 total in h.s. The school superintendent was D.W. McEwen....who would never tolerate any breaking of rules....I am sure that he would not have hesitated in calling the police if students got unruly...and more...he was backed up by the school board as well as the town. No b.s. in our school.

I knew all the kids that would cause trouble if D.W. even hinted that tolerance would be given...but their fear of swift and terrible punishment always kept the peace....and, who knows, might have saved the potential troublemakers a lifetime of strife.

[SVTCobra03]

I am about your age and concur. Have you ever been to a mall in a major city on a Saturday afternoon in the summertime? You would think it was a teen-age hookers convention.

[rockrr]

"I'm 57 years old and went through 12 years of elementary/junior high/high school without once ever seeing a policeman inside a school building, let alone having a student arrested."

I was a student at Rainier Beach High School in Seattle back in '68 when a bunch a hoods calling themselves "Black Panthers" attempted to invade the school. I saw more than just a policeman!

[JamesA]

Good...thats about it....

[Syncro]

...went through 12 years of elementary/junior high/high school without once ever seeing a policeman inside a school building, let alone having a student arrested.

We had a rent-a-cop whom we dubbed "Sheriff John" after a kids program on TV back in the day. (my day, your day lol)

He was a great source of amuzement for us.