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  • Parents, school resolve hugging dispute

    11/13/2007 2:08:00 PM PST · by MotleyGirl70 · 18 replies · 14+ views
    Yahoo News ^ | 11/13/07 | AP via Yahoo
    MASCOUTAH, Ill. - Maybe they hugged it out: school officials resolved their dispute with the parents of a 13-year-old girl given detention for hugging her friends. Melissa and Dean Coulter met with officials of the Mascoutah School District 19 to discuss the two detentions given their daughter, Megan, for hugging friends goodbye for the weekend. School officials said the eighth grader violated a policy banning public displays of affection. "Our whole purpose of the meeting was to get them to talk to us and discuss what changes needed to be made and if (the policy) could be improved," Dean Coulter...