Comments on: Meridian Sexting Ban Better Suited For Coppers

By: dog

dog — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 21:35:41 +0000

The school should just tell the kids that sexting will make them go blind and possibly grow hair on their palms like they taught us in sex-ed way back when.

By: Mr. anonymous

Mr. anonymous — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:43:47 +0000

The latest example of the Meridian school district over-reacting happened yesterday when a kid ripped his shirt reportedly in a playground incident.Those in charge thought the prudent response would be to call the police and lock down the campus! I’m surprised the bomb squad wasn’t dipatched as well. Unbelievable.

EDITOR NOTE– We checked with the school and the kid originally came up with a “whopper” saying there was a guy with a knife that cut his shirt. Unfounded, but the initial response was probably very prudent.

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 02:35:57 +0000

I can remember when MAD magazines, chewing gum, transistor radios and comic books were confiscated by the teachers. I look back and can only wonder what a copy of PLAYBOY/PLAYGIRL might have resulted in back in the 50’s and 60’s.

Bullying is the big deal in my book and all this other crap is just noise. Kids need to feel safe and secure in a school environment and it is up to the school district to figure out how to make it happen.

By: erico49

erico49 — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 13:08:06 +0000

I find it very troublesome that the police are to be involved. Criminalizing a kid whose crime is only a lack of good sense by accusing him of poessessin of child pornography is insane.

By: Mr. anonymous

Mr. anonymous — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:30:43 +0000

I’m glad that the district has solved all of their problems and now have time to invent other issues of morality to intervene in. Nevermind being millions in debt, laying off over a hundred employees, overpaying many, wasting millions in operations, nepotism at the district office etc.

By: Publica

Publica — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 02:29:04 +0000

“Feel good” legislation from a school district. Yay!

The search aspect is ridiculous. The deletion of images is potentially criminal if they are evidence of a crime – destruction of evidence.

Nan has it right. Why do they have cell phones at school anyway? When I was a kid we only got one bar inside the school because of all the lead paint. And asbestos…

Regulation aimed at a group that can’t self-regulate and is hormonally unregulatable…

By: ericn1300

ericn1300 — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 01:39:45 +0000

does the definition of sexting include: http://a4.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/137/078f0fc331cf4c8b9cffce305c4de305/l.jpg

My response to the ban policy:

1: “The possession of sexually explicit images of minors on any device is prohibited.” How do you define “sexually explicate”? Is it kinda like pornography, “you’ll know it when you see it” Just posting a pic of Myllie Cyrus would qualify, and so would all those music videos on the iPhones.

2: “Students involved in sexting (unless they immediately delete the images) may be subject to discipline.” May be subject to discipline? Way to vague to stand up to a legal challenge

3. “Students involved in sexting will have their parents informed and may have police involved in the case.” That would be embarrassing but nothing there is actually punitive.

4. “Cell phones will be searched if there is probable cause that a criminal violation has occurred, and may be searched if reasonable suspicion exists that the phone contains evidence of a violation.” This one is particularly troublesome as it doesn’t outline who is responsible for defining probable cause, which is a legal term even the peace officers often have trouble with. The teachers and administrators in the school district are not LE officers, they are educators.

5. “Any form of harassment related to sexting is strictly forbidden.” Could you really get any more vague than that?

By: Zippo

Zippo — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:59:34 +0000

Students have no rights and neither do the parents. The school board said so. Only the schools know what’s best. Starve the Beast!

By: Nan Emouse

Nan Emouse — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:11:13 +0000

Why are kids allowed to have cell phones in school to begin with? Seems to me they take away a lot of time from attention to what’s going on in the classroom and also a ready made cheating device.

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:54:21 +0000

And you have 3 last chances to knock it off before we take action.

The policy reads like “weak sauce” to me.