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THE COFFEE BREAK - Thursday, May 8, 2008
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An appellate court in North Carolina ruled Tuesday that a
school district can place children in year-round schools
without parental consent.
The ruling reverses the decision by a lower court that the
Wake school district needed parental consent for year-round
assignments, The (Raleigh) News & Observer reported. The
district had been using the year-round calendar to deal
with increasing enrollment.
"If plaintiffs disagree with mandatory assignments to
year-round schools, their remedy lies with the electoral
process or through communications with the legislative and
executive branches of government," the three-judge panel
said.
The board must decide whether to begin assigning students
to year-round schools now with the summer just beginning
or to wait until the next school year.
The Wake school board also plans to put all new elementary
and middle schools on a year-round schedule.
What are your thoughts on year-round school?
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Sub teacher claims fired for 'wizardry'
A former substitute teacher in Land O' Lakes, Fla., claims
he was fired by the school district because he was "accused
of wizardry." Jim Piculas said Pat Sinclair, who is in
charge of substitute teachers for the Pasco County Schoo
District, called him to say the district would no longer
be using his services after he performed a disappearing-
toothpick magic trick while teaching at Rushe Middle School,
the Tampa (Fla.) Tribune reported Tuesday. "She said,
'You've been accused of wizardry,'" Piculas said. However,
Assistant Superintendent Renalia DuBose denied the district
ever used the word "wizardry" in its dealings with Piculas
and said the magic trick was far down the list of reasons
the sub is not being asked back. The district said in a
letter to Piculas that he was being let go because he did
not follow lesson plans, allowed students to use computers
despite being told not to by another teacher, and he left
a student in charge during his fifth-period class.
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Bible park planner took pics for nudie mag
One of the planners for a Bible-themed amusement park in
Rutherford County, Tenn., concedes he worked as a Penthouse
magazine photographer as a young man. Amnon Bar-Tur, a
co-founder of SafeHarbor Holding LLC, which is proposing the
Bible theme park, took photographs of nude models during
the 1970s that became covers and centerfolds for the
soft-core pornography magazine, the Nashville Tennessean
reported Tuesday. Bar-Tur, who was born in Israel and took
his first photos for Penthouse while he was living in
England in 1969, released a statement after his former
employment with the magazine was revealed. "Surely what a
young immigrant photographer did 35 years ago to make a
living in his first job out of college as a fashion
photographer has no relevance to the development of our
world-class tourist attraction in Rutherford County in
2008," he said. SafeHarbor Holding, which also counts
Bar-Tur's son, Armon Bar-Tur, among its founders, is
seeking approval to construct a non-denominational theme
park in the Blackman, Tenn., area that would include
re-enactments of ancient life as well as theatrical
interpretations of Bible stories and other attractions.
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Boy retires Favre jersey after 1,581 days
The parents of a Ridgefield, Conn., 12-year-old who wore
his Green Bay Packers Brett Favre jersey for 1,581
consecutive days said he has retired the shirt. David
Witthoft, who rose to national prominence in 2005 after
he revealed during TV, radio and newspaper interviews that
he had worn his No. 4 jersey ever day since he received
it for Christmas in 2003, donned his favorite player's
colors for the final time April 23, the Green Bay (Wis.)
Press-Gazette reported Tuesday. "His last day wearing the
jersey was April 23, which was his 12th birthday," said
Chuck Witthoft, the boy's father. "It was tough for him
for awhile but now that he's 12, he is a little more
concerned about his appearance. And the jersey barely came
down to his beltline." David's parents said the family
plans to fly to Green Bay Sept. 8, the date the team is
scheduled to retire the No. 4 jersey worn by the
quarterback, who announced his retirement in March. "Dave
was pretty upset when Favre retired," his father said. "But
we knew we had to figure out an end game. He finally
decided it was time." Witthoft said his son plans to have
his version of the jersey framed. He said the item may be
displayed at the Packers Hall of Fame if the team is
interested.
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"...kid's like all kids in that he's an idiot!"
"That isn't a joke. Something has to happen to teach him
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he should be taught a lesson."
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