Young Marines Student Suspended......edited

[greenr18]

i forgot to mention my dad also told me that when he was in high school they offered a gunsmithing class on the premises and it wasnt uncommon for kids to come in to school with rifles to show off to their friends that theyd just give to the principal to be kept in his office till the end of the day when they could have them back i guess that was long before teachers in America all became paranoid burnt-out neo-communists

 

[Southern Rebel]

I guess I must live in a very tolerant area. My granddaughter gave a speech in her speech class about the pros of the Right to Carry law in Tennessee. Predictably, the girls in the class respnded with "oh my goodness, you are for that law?", the boys respnded with "alright!" and the teacher responded by saying, "well documented and presented". There is hope in the educational world.

 

[McKevrox]

I think if enough people raised hell about this, it might do some good. Time for a bit of activism...

http://www.cths.ccsd.k12.co.us/documents/admin.html

Brooke Gregory

[email protected]


Principal

720-886-1904

Rob McLelland

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Assistant Principal

720-886-1911

Mark Wahlstrom

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Assistant Principal

720-886-2050

Rebecca Moehring

[email protected]


Assistant to the Principal

720-886-2055

Lisa Porter

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Activities Director

720-886-1921

Tom Brieske

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Athletic Director

720-886-1920

Loren Turner

[email protected]


9th Grade Dean/Coordinator

720-886-2024

Denise Johnson

[email protected]


12th Grade Dean

720-886-2202

Sheila Byrnes

[email protected]


11th Grade Dean

720-886-2024

Steve Carpenter

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10th Grade Dean

720-886-2202

 

[McKevrox]

I guess I must live in a very tolerant area. My granddaughter gave a speech in her speech class about the pros of the Right to Carry law in Tennessee. Predictably, the girls in the class respnded with "oh my goodness, you are for that law?", the boys respnded with "alright!" and the teacher responded by saying, "well documented and presented". There is hope in the educational world.

Your granddaughter is awesome.

 

[Badlander]

We used to bring our guns and ammo to school so we could go hunting after classes. can you imagine what would happen now. Swat team?

 

[Rockwell1]

My experience with the Young Marines

At risk youth? Maybe where you live thats what it is for, but not here. My VFW Post supports a group, all fine upstanding young adults. Hopefully none see your comments.

Every Young Marine I have ever met has fit the description of "at risk youth" disadvantaged, most from broken homes, low income families and quite a few placed in the program by parents looking for away to instill discipline. I'm not saying that they were bad kids, I'm saying they were the type of kids generally described as "at risk youth".

Unfourtunately, and I truly hope this IS unique to my area, most of the ones that I met said their leaders were borderline abusive, foul mouthed and insisted on holding 13 year olds to boot camp standards of discipline, which in my opinion, is uncalled for.

 

[rfwobbly]

A similar episode with a pocket knife landed my friend's kid in trouble with a half-day suspension. This was a straight-A senior with a perfect attendance record for his entire time in high school. The loss of the half-day kept him from receiving the perfect attendance award at graduation 2 months later.

My pal was NOT impressed.

 

[Defense Minister]

Every time I read a story like this, I look up the contact information for the person responsible for such stupidity and write them an email teilling them (politely) what I think. I wonder how many of those emails they get from gun owners?

Here is one email missing from the list above. It is for Mary Chesley, the School District Superintendant.

[email protected]

 

[kentucky bucky]

Thank God some people are taking the security of "the children" seriously. We all know how dangerous those evil white rifle folks are.

 

[CB900F]

Fella's;

I've said it before, I'll say it again.

BAN THE NEA & SAVE THE USA.

 

[CoRoMo]

I watched this on the local news last night.

Zero Tolerance = Zero Intelligence.

No surprise. Completely expected. Fascism is nauseating is it not?

 

[Prion]

We are becoming a nation of cowards. I think we should kill all dangerous land animals, make sidewalks out of rubber, cars that can't go over 25mph, signs everywhere proclaiming "you're special" , no shoelaces, only velcro, mandatory smiling at all times, no running, no yelling, don't just ban guns, ban guns in movies, on TV, in games, sell all food pre-sliced so we can ban all knives except for chefs with permits-wait this is starting to sound a lot like my kids pre-school....and what some people wish the world was-Disney Land.

 

[X-Rap]

Anything from the Denver area doesn't surprise me. The Ghosts of Columbine will haunt that town forever.
A few yrs ago in Littleton a statue of a local hero Danny Dietz a decorated Navy Seal killed in Afganistan (see Lone Survivor) was protested by locals because it depicted him as in combat and it was though that the weapons would promote violence.
The whole metro area sucks but has started dictating the whole states policies.

 

[hadmanysons]

What is happening to my state?????!?!?

 

[GregGry]

Then there's the report of the kid DRAWING a gun on paper and getting punished in some way.

When I was in 3 to 5th grade (this goes back to the early/mid 90s) there were numerous kids that were supspended for making paper guns. Aka the 2d flat things that looked like a letter L. The school was a public school, and had a 0 tolerance for paper guns. It was considered pretty serious if you made such a thing. Pretty stupid if you ask me.

EDIT: Ninja stars would only get taken away from you, with no real trouble.

 

[Cyborg]

My HS Had Firing Range

Back in the stone age when I was in High School (66 - 69) we had ROTC and they had an indoor firing range in their building. Where other organizations would have bake sales or car washes, ROTC used to let us plunk at targets with a .22 to raise money to buy stuff the school district was too poor to provide. Imagine that. Not only fully functional weapons and live ammo but an actual honest-to-goodness firing range and people SHOOTING GUNS on campus at a public school. I haven't been back in a few years. I doubt they even have RO any more and even if they do I seriously doubt they still have the firing range.

I have lived too long. <shaking head> I have lived TOOOOOOO long.

Cyborg

 

[rino451]

Funny, is 2nd grade ('78 or '79) we had a project - draw something promoting tooth case. I failed, until one of the teachers figured out that I had drawn the view of plaque in crosshairs through a scope. Got best poster.

I can't say now, but I'm not sure I had even seen a real gun and it was another year or two before I met a friend with a BB gun.

Also, last year my step daughter did an 8th grade speech on how concealed carry has reduced crime and how gun control laws only affect the lawbiding. She said at first her teacher was less than enthused, but after citing stats, she was very impressed and "had no idea."

PS Our high school flag corp? uses fake rifles.

 

[MachIVshooter]

I'm only 27, and I remember kids using their air rifles as props in school plays (late '80's/early '90's). Through middle school , I had a .50 BMG dummy hanging off the zipper on my book bag. My 9th grade semester history project was "the development of the metallic cartridge", and I had live ammunition, along with cutaways and components, as visual aids. This was in 1997, and there was no problem.

I understand why my buddy wants to homeschool his daughter.

 

[benEzra]

EDIT: Ninja stars would only get taken away from you, with no real trouble.

So I'm not the only one who made paper shuriken in school!!!!

Thank you, I am validated.

PS Our high school flag corp? uses fake rifles.

Ours too, IIRC (mix of batons and rifles).

Every Young Marine I have ever met has fit the description of "at risk youth" disadvantaged, most from broken homes, low income families and quite a few placed in the program by parents looking for away to instill discipline. I'm not saying that they were bad kids, I'm saying they were the type of kids generally described as "at risk youth".

Around here, the Young Marines are top-drawer kids. Some of my coworkers' kids participate.

 

[misANTHrope]

So I'm not the only one who made paper shuriken in school!!!!

Of course not.

Looking back, I wonder how much notebook paper I used to actually take notes and do assignments as compared to the notebook paper I used to make paper airplanes, ninja stars, and fortune-tellers. I'm thinking it might have been about a 50/50 split.

 

[phonesysphonesys]

One of our senators is trying to get the law changed. He was on the Mike Rosen radio show today. Maybe there is hope for us after all. I think this no tolerance business is a bunch of c###P.
Colorado is a pretty gun tolarant state. Just renewed my permit this morning. Ask the deputy if they had lockers to store my pistol in. She said this is an open carry state, just wear it. God I love Colorado!
Semper Fi

 

[logjam]

Hmmmmmm; how well do those rifles group anyway? I'll bet they kick like a mule.

 

[alaskanativeson]

BAN THE NEA & SAVE THE USA.

As a teacher, let me say this to you, and let me say it loud and clear:


YOU GET THAT ON THE BALLOT AND I'LL SURE AS HELL VOTE FOR IT!!!

 

[paintballdude902]

wow at my school they practice with the rotc witht the same guns


crazy i watch them practice atleast twice a week

 

[Mr. Bojangles]

And these are the rocket scientists charged with the education of America's future.