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• Detention Double Standard

  Following up on PennyGate, it's worth noting that this sort of bizarro school discipline has happened before: in November of last year, Megan Coulter was given two days of detention for the henious crime of hugging. While Megan actually served her time, our commenter Tracey points out that the Penny Gang got a reprieve... Read More... Posted Mar 03 2008, 01:30 PM by Brett Singer with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: middle school, New Jersey, protest, lunch ladies, lunch, pennies, eigth grade

• 8th Graders Get Detention for Paying with Pennies

  Not sure what to make of this one: a group of 29 eighth-grade students at Readington Middle School in New Jersey will have to serve detention (one hour of silence, after school) for paying for their lunch with pennies. Apparently the lunch period had been shortened... Read More... Posted Mar 02 2008, 09:02 AM by Brett Singer with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: middle school, New Jersey, protest, lunch ladies, lunch, pennies, eigth grade