WTF

When did the people running public schools (e.g., teachers, administrators) become such a pathetic representation of this country's school system? Seriously -- I don't ever recall drinking with or around a teacher, or having sex with, or in front of, or in the absence of, a teacher in a classroom -- yet lately every other story is about a teacher or school official engaging in or encouraging these behaviors. And when did all the kids at the early grade school levels become so hypersexual? Too much MTV? I was probably 11 when MTV made its debut. It didn't ruin me. So WTF?

As an aside, I can't recall ever having a teacher I would have wanted to, uh, be with. Eww. As for the story below, well, it takes school fundraisers to a whole new level. Dumbasses.

Prosecutor: Educators Sold Students Beer

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

(03-14) 18:54 PDT Laurens, S.C. (AP) --

An assistant high school principal and his wife, a middle school teacher, are accused of holding a keg party where students paid $5 to drink, a prosecutor said Wednesday.

John and Mary Clark turned themselves in to police and were charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor, said prosecutor Jerry Peace.

One of the students who attended the party last year at the couple's lake house told a parent, who went to authorities, Peace said.

Peace said he did not know how many students attended the party or their ages.

"It was just a bunch of kids," he said. "They went to the party and a number of them said they paid the five bucks to get this cup."

John Clark, 54, is an assistant principal at Newberry High School. Mary Clark, 52, teaches at Newberry Middle School.

A personal recognizance bond of $5,000 each was issued for the Clarks, who were still at the jail late Wednesday afternoon awaiting booking. Officials at the Laurens County jail said they did not know whether the couple had arranged to hire an attorney. A phone message left at the Clark home was not immediately returned.

They have been placed on paid administrative leave, said Bennie Bennett, Newberry County schools superintendent.

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