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Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Keeping gangs out
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Schools have used metal detectors and hired police officers to protect students from gang violence. Fayette County High is limiting when kids can go to the bathroom.
According to the story by John Hollis, students needing the bathroom during class must go to the front office for a key to the visitors’ bathroom. Administrators started the rule because of a recent gang initiation beatdown in a school bathroom.
I’ve never heard of a school doing something like this. Schools need to protect students, but is this a step too far?
