Retell
03-01-2008, 01:31 AM
My old middle school: :thumbsup:
READINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) ? Sometimes a penny for your thoughts isn't a good thing. Readington Township school officials gave 29 students detention after they used pennies to pay for their $2 lunches.
Superintendent Jorden Schiff says it started out as a prank. But as the eighth-graders began to get in trouble for taking up so much time, it turned into a protest about Thursday's shortened lunch period.
Schiff said the students were punished for holding up their peers and disrespecting lunch aides.
Schiff said some parents think a two-day detention went too far and others think it wasn't enough.
The school said it wants students to know they can express themselves without disrupting other people.
Video: http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local&id=5989226
READINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) ? Sometimes a penny for your thoughts isn't a good thing. Readington Township school officials gave 29 students detention after they used pennies to pay for their $2 lunches.
Superintendent Jorden Schiff says it started out as a prank. But as the eighth-graders began to get in trouble for taking up so much time, it turned into a protest about Thursday's shortened lunch period.
Schiff said the students were punished for holding up their peers and disrespecting lunch aides.
Schiff said some parents think a two-day detention went too far and others think it wasn't enough.
The school said it wants students to know they can express themselves without disrupting other people.
Video: http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local&id=5989226