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• Entire School Board Recalled By Angry Students

  Note to boards of education: listen to your students, you're there for them. Or maybe you're not? A collection of angry students at one California high school organized a recall election that might well be the first ever in the state to unseat an entire school board. The kids and their adult supporters collected enough signatures to authorize a recall vote on all five members of the board of education at the Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified School District. Read More... Posted Jan 12 2009, 08:15 AM by JeanneSager with | with no comments Filed under: education, teenagers, recall, teachers, schools, teaching, teacher, learning, election, school board, Jeanne Sager, board of education, ballot, civics

• School Board Member Uses Gay Slur, Says Student Said it First

  He's stepping down from his post as a member of the board of education in Robbinsville, NJ, but maybe Joe Armenti would be better suited back in high school? The board has been facing pressures from an outraged public since Armenti used the word "faggot" in response to a teenager's presentation to the board on a ban on the use of offensive language. His initial excuse? The teen said it first. Excuse me, who's the teenager here? Read More... Posted Oct 12 2008, 12:18 PM by JeanneSager with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: New Jersey, bad parents, homosexual, stupid parents, prejudice, hate, Jeanne Sager, gay rights, bigot, gay-straight alliance, board of education, homophobe, parents acting like children