(AP) -- A student who photographed his principal smoking outside a school building was allowed to return to class after initially being suspended for posting the photos on the Internet.The only environment Velasquez disrupted was the principal's smoking environment. Gotta hand it to the kid, she was p0w3d!!!School district officials Wednesday reversed the suspension of sophomore Eliazar Velasquez and said principal Elaine Almagno was wrong to violate a state law that prohibits smoking within 25 feet of a school building.
"The school had no authority to punish him for the information he had up (on the Web site) or to require him to take down the site," said Superintendent Melody Johnson.
Johnson said school officials told her Velasquez was suspended because he disrupted the learning environment at the school by posting the photos on the Internet. She said she reinstated him after reviewing the incident.
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Great post. Kid after my ow... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Mr. Snitch! | March 25, 2005 2:36 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Great post. Kid after my own heart.
1. Posted by Mr. Snitch! | March 25, 2005 2:36 AM |
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Posted on March 25, 2005 02:36
2. Posted by firstbrokenangel | March 25, 2005 3:27 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I'm with you Mr Snitch! That took balls.
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2. Posted by firstbrokenangel | March 25, 2005 3:27 AM |
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Posted on March 25, 2005 03:27
3. Posted by Josh Martin | March 25, 2005 7:27 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
You spelled "pwned" wrong.
3. Posted by Josh Martin | March 25, 2005 7:27 AM |
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Posted on March 25, 2005 07:27
4. Posted by Rob Hackney | March 25, 2005 7:41 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Good. That "teacher" ( Nazi authoritarian government working parasite ) needs a damn good thrashing.
4. Posted by Rob Hackney | March 25, 2005 7:41 AM |
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Posted on March 25, 2005 07:41
5. Posted by LCVRWC | March 25, 2005 8:30 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I've seen this mentioned in several places, and something is missing: any report of the principal being punished for violating the state law that prohibits smoking within 25 feet of the school. Lord knows it cannot be for lack of evidence...
5. Posted by LCVRWC | March 25, 2005 8:30 AM |
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Posted on March 25, 2005 08:30
6. Posted by Jeff | March 25, 2005 9:42 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
With schools now being so anal about zero tolerance for everything, where is their zero tolerance for smoking within 50 of a public building?
That kid has balls.
6. Posted by Jeff | March 25, 2005 9:42 AM |
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Posted on March 25, 2005 09:42
7. Posted by George at Snapshot | March 25, 2005 10:42 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I love it -- the initial reaction was to say that making truthful statements and posting accurate photographic documentation of officials violating the rules qualifies as "disrupting the learning environment."
7. Posted by George at Snapshot | March 25, 2005 10:42 AM |
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Posted on March 25, 2005 10:42
8. Posted by Will Franklin | March 25, 2005 12:53 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Awesome! She looks amazingly trashy. Smoking is ugly.
8. Posted by Will Franklin | March 25, 2005 12:53 PM |
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Posted on March 25, 2005 12:53
9. Posted by The Zero Boss | March 25, 2005 1:13 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Send that kid a set of pajamas stat! And good for the school superintendent for coming to her senses.
I love how you can "disrupt the learning environment" by engaging in Constitutionally-protected activity OUTSIDE of school.
9. Posted by The Zero Boss | March 25, 2005 1:13 PM |
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Posted on March 25, 2005 13:13
10. Posted by MMM | March 25, 2005 2:03 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I find this pathetic. Long lost is the notion that tattle-tellers are whiners to be frowned upon. The little critter who shot the series has learned well to use PC to fund ulterior motive.
At first glance, it's a funny liberal-nabbed-by-liberals'-rules story. At second, it's an eery look into the products of our education system.
10. Posted by MMM | March 25, 2005 2:03 PM |
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Posted on March 25, 2005 14:03
11. Posted by Clash City Rocker | March 25, 2005 2:26 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I wanna know who the sniviling suck-up wearing the high-water pants and playing pocket-pool is. He should be fired just for gp.
11. Posted by Clash City Rocker | March 25, 2005 2:26 PM |
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Posted on March 25, 2005 14:26
12. Posted by -S- | March 25, 2005 4:01 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Clash City Rocker: what with the briefcase at his tipping toes, I'm guessing that he's "faculty." That'd be double-dip problem to my view.
The kid has my admiration. I was also curious why there's no news of any measures taken against the randy principal, who does, indeed, look trashy and does indeed display ugly behavior. Not to mention stupid behavior.
12. Posted by -S- | March 25, 2005 4:01 PM |
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Posted on March 25, 2005 16:01
13. Posted by -S- | March 25, 2005 4:03 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Well, *certain people* hacked the local high school website the evening before the last Mayorial race (to promote the Democratic candidate) and I never heard a thing about anyone being disciplined for doing that.
I don't even know if it was a student who did the hacking.
13. Posted by -S- | March 25, 2005 4:03 PM |
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Posted on March 25, 2005 16:03
14. Posted by Maggie | March 25, 2005 5:23 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Can't we get rid of Ward Churchill...HE SMOKES!
14. Posted by Maggie | March 25, 2005 5:23 PM |
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Posted on March 25, 2005 17:23
15. Posted by GaijinBiker | March 26, 2005 1:04 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I thought smoking was supposed to make you thinner.
15. Posted by GaijinBiker | March 26, 2005 1:04 PM |
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Posted on March 26, 2005 13:04
16. Posted by James | March 31, 2005 3:54 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I know I'm getting in on this WICKED late, but I'm playing catch-up. Anyway, I left high school almost 10 years ago and they were already using "disrupting the learning environment" to punish anybody they didn't like. Glad to see the bullshit hasn't even slowed down in the intervening years.
16. Posted by James | March 31, 2005 3:54 PM |
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Posted on March 31, 2005 15:54
17. Posted by Linkin | March 31, 2006 11:32 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
LMFAO! That'sa my Principal smoking! LMFAO!!! Miss Almagno got CAUGHT!! LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! KEEP SNIFFING IT! LMFAO!
17. Posted by Linkin | March 31, 2006 11:32 AM |
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Posted on March 31, 2006 11:32