[Middle] School Shooting Foiled

The News Enterprise (Elizabethtown, KY) ^ | 20 March 2002 | Greg Bartlett

[Fred Mertz]

Local word is that the principal is trying to downplay this as no big deal.

Yeah, right!

[Fred Mertz]

Home school your children! My colleague's wife teaches there, but he's not got any additional info.

[weikel]

In Middle School I felt like killing a lot of people too( I never did it but I got in a lot of fights) kids should DEFINITELY be homeschooled through Middle School its like prison but you actually have less writes.

[SLB]

Not the reason we home school, but sure is a benefit.

[Mixer]

The boys planned to force Sutton into the principal's office and make him use the intercom to call everyone to the gymnasium for an assembly

Unless Sutton has no balls at all that is where the boys plan would have fallen apart. He would have never knowingly called an assembly where his students could have been harmed.

[VRWCmember]

kids should DEFINITELY be homeschooled through Middle School its like prison but you actually have less writes.

If you are going to comment on the superiority of homeschooling over publik skooling, you should be more careful of your spelling and correct word usage (unless you are making an obvious point with deliberate sarcastic misspellings). You seem to be suggesting that prisons have more writing exercises than public schools do, while I assume your intent was to posit that students have fewer rights than prisoners.

[William Terrell]

Would it be too cynical of me to think that, had the feds known about this and the local police didn't, they would have let the operation go ahead?

[Fred Mertz]

I didn't think about that possibility. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

[weikel]

LOL typo sorry.

[Intimidator]

You seem to be suggesting that prisons have more writing exercises than public schools do, while I assume your intent was to posit that students have fewer rights than prisoners

LMAO, I was thinking the same thing. I'm glad they are not homeschooling my kids. Ban all public schools, ban all public schools. Wait a minute, I sound like the anti-gun crowd.

[SLB]

FYI

[the irate magistrate]

I think that a severe public flogging in front of the assembly, should be in order.

[BearCub]

I think that a severe public flogging in front of the assembly, should be in order.

For what crime? As far as I can read in the article, no crime was committed.

-bc

[Puppage]

Actually have less "writes"?????

[weikel]

See post #9.

[weikel]

I made a typo yes I know the word SORRY!

[LJLucido]

School shooting foiled

Chalk up another victory for the zero-tolerance-for-steak-knives-in-student's-cars policy.

[Wally Cleaver]

Amazing that we have not heard any comments from the leadership of the school. I would expect some type of announcement coming from the leadership from this government school in an attempt to calm the waters--but it appears to me if they bury their head in the sand the problem will go away.

[MadRobotArtist]

Okay, now does anyone see a pattern here? It's always 2 kids that do this kind of stuff. It's never just One. If it is just one, there was someone close to him that was also peripherally involved. This looks like a staged event, and frankly had it gone through, the kids probably would have committed suicide. This school shooting phenomena is nothing more than kids copycatting everything they see. What I can't understand is how come these kids are taking it that far? I mean, what was happening when I was a kid? I mean were my parents actually doing their jobs???? Holy catfish... My parents raised me right!!!!

Now, what has changed when it comes to child psychos? Could it be, that these kids' parents aren't doing their jobs? COuld it be that these parents are too involved with their own lives that they can't be there for their own kids??? Gee... All you have to do is look at where a kid comes from and you find your answers.

[Pontiac]

For what crime? As far as I can read in the article, no crime was committed.

What about conspiracy to commit murder?