Clay213 Anonymous

' The girls and their mothers tearfully declined to comment after the vote Monday.'

gag

You'll find another use for those pom-poms honey

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Clay213 Anonymous

The school board, and the cheerleading squad don't need the police to make a decision about their discipline.

They aren't bound by the same standards of evidence or anything like that.

That's like saying a company needs police involvement to fire someone for inappropriate behavior

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TinaBadina Anonymous

I'm glad

Many of these parents have been mean to other children in the past, who maybe don't have as much money and power as they do

They have managed to be full fledged alcoholics themselves, and hold prodominate positions at work all the while.

Give some girls a chance that aren't use to having mommy buy their way out of touble all the time. What comes around goes around, and many parents think they can buy teachers pizza, and buy this and buy that, but what do you expect from a parent who is an alcoholic themselves, and managed to hide it by paying everybody off every time their little Cinderella is in trouble?????

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TinaBadina Anonymous

oooops sorry

I thought one of these girls was the one that had a mother who was mean and bossy

wrong school sorry

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OpusthePoet Anonymous

There was a big cheerling scandal in McKinney that had underage drinking and scantily clad photos and cheerleaders getting reinstated after huge "donations". But nothing like that ever happens in Richardson [/sarcasm]

Opus

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Bemused Anonymous

The world would be an infinitely better place if cheerleading squads were abolished and replaced by book clubs.

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DC Anonymous

I'm not sure about infinitely. I ponder this considering the reading ability of todays' youth.

Perhaps instead of 'book clubs' you could suggest 'professional strippers.'

By the way, before anyone gets started, I am Gramaticles. Check yourself before you wrecks yourself.

Peace out. Send me a double caucasian, and two asians while you're at it.

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nicolrenee1968 Anonymous

For the record, RHS is a magnet school with a waiting list full of intelligent kids waiting to get in. In addition to a fabulous academic program, they have a fantastic robotics program and other programs for braniacs with too much time on their hands. The cheerleaders, as with all other students, are expected to adhere to high standards of behavior and academic performance. These two otherwise smart girls made a very poor decision and are being punished by school administration as a result.

Often first offenses involving minors do not result in tickets or criminal charges unless a felony or major infraction occur, just as adults often get off with a warning when stopped for a minor offense. Usually what does happen is that the youth involved receive a serious scary talking to about the nature of their offense and what could have happened as a result. Whether that was what happened in the case of these two girls I would have no way of knowing, but I can tell you what happened with them is not inconsistent or inappropriate from what has been revealed in the news.

The best defense against teenage drinking is an involved parent. Hopefully these gils have parents who, if they weren't aware before, are now understanding of how important it is they stay more connected with their children and have given the girls other activities to occupy their time, like community service.

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txelaine Anonymous

These girls were cheerleaders at Pearce High School, not Richardson High School. Richardson High School is a magnet school, but Pearce is not. Pearce happens to be the high school with the most upper-middle class families in Richardson ISD.

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Clay213 Anonymous

*Hopefully these gils have parents who, if they weren't aware before, are now understanding of how important it is they stay more connected with their children and have given the girls other activities to occupy their time, like community service.*

It sounds more like they will do the typical thing of out of touch parents: Blame everyone else.

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