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April 02, 2008

Teachers and students resort to tape

File this under "only in America..."

WAYCROSS, Ga. (AP) — A group of children ages 8 to 10 apparently were mad at their teacher because she had scolded one of them for standing on a chair, authorities say.

That led the third-graders, as many as nine boys and girls, to plot an attack on the teacher at Center Elementary School in south Georgia.

Needless to say, duct tape was an integral part of the plot.

Meanwhile back here in Oregon...

Medford Mail Tribune - A Phoenix Elementary teacher is on paid administrative leave after she allegedly put masking tape around the periphery of four students' armchair desks last week to keep them in order during state exams.

An investigation by Phoenix police found the teacher committed no crime in her unusual method of discipline.

"The report came in that the students were taped to their desks," said Phoenix police Lt. Derek Bowker. "That was unfounded."

Bowker said the students were being unruly and running around the classroom at the time. The teacher used the tape to show the children their boundaries, he said.

Posted by Kevin at April 2, 2008 12:34 PM