The girl is 5 months pregnant ... its not like EVERYONE is going to know, and they probably already did. What "terrible damage" has been done to her, other than the damage she did to herself by becoming another pregnant high school statistic? Puh-lease, get off your freakin high horse, you are soooooo happy to be able to say "she made the right choice to keep her baby" that you are ignoring every other aspect of reality here. She shouldnt be playing a contact sport (yes, it IS a contact sport), the school has to protect her AND itself (from liability if she or the fetus were hurt) and EVERYONE knew or was gonna know REAL SOON ... can't hide the pregnancy.

Ken, you write like a moron, I hope your children have a better education than you do... The school and the coach have the obligation to protect this child (yes, pregnant or not, she is 17 and a STILL a child). The next thing we will hear is that "pregnant teen miscarries after diving for a ball during volleyball match... parents suing school for millions in damages, as coach should have known better". As far as this parent standing by their child... who will be supporting this single mom and her baby when she wants to play volleyball in college? I am sure that it will be the taxpayers, because it would be a discriminatory act to deny her her right to financial aid because she is a single mother. (And all single mothers should go to college for free.)

"Zero tolerance" is the politically correct way of saying "Nazi totalitarian" - and Americans don't seem to have any problem with it. Freedom of speech is not really free, because you have to protect it. They chip away at it a little at a time, and the next thing you know you are living under an authoritarian regime where you are afraid to say anything for fear that you will be called a radical threat. This is where it begins, folks.

What the hell are you talking about?

All i can say to you is as the father of 6 girls i recommend you encourage your kids to get pregnant at 17 and have them play ball with the pregnancy. I bet with 9 kids you are going to want to sue whoever has your pregnant 17yr old playing ball and risking the life of mother and baby, you can't have it both ways.
Let me know how it goes, i'll like to follow up.

I'll bet that when that assembly is held those little scumsuckers will be giggling among themselves during the entire thing!! Kids these days DON'T GIVE A RAT'S ASS, how much trouble they cause!! They're out of control and their OWN PARENTS know it!! It's time to go back to the good old days when a good stiff SWITCH on a bare behind, gave a STRONG MESSAGE, that kids didn't forget!! It even states in the bible...................."SPARE THE ROD, AND SPOIL THE CHILD"!!! These kids of today, need to be put in their place!!! They seem to have forgotten, who's in control here!!! They actually THINK it's them!!!!

I think they are going over the top on this. When it is peer to peer bullying the administration does not care. But when a student "threatens" a teacher they all of a sudden they care. I think someone should slap some of the administrators sometimes! We have a handicapped child and he is bullied and now even discriminated against by the "administration" That is why me, an adult at 36 years old thinks the way I do. They are worried only about themselves and not the children's best interest. My child was assaulted. I support this child!

i bet you would have the same attitude if you see a post on the intenet saying threathening you and your family. the teacher is also someone's mother, wife, sister and friend. you are the kind of people who encourage your kids and other kids to become columbine mass murderers. I'll suggest you tell them if they want to do it, they should start with you and your family first.

noMOREtv4u......Ok, who should get educated?? Apparently, You don't even know the requirements for being a teacher. If you did, you would not make such an UNEDUCATED statement. A slap is a threat. If you knew anything, you would know that if the school lets a little threat go by then the students think they can do anything, AND WILL. You are the reason we have problems in our school system. People who think that a minor threat is nothing are the same people who are raising the IDIOTS. It's not the teacher's fault that you refuse to teach your kids right and wrong. But if you think that it is no big deal, wait till your kid takes on your beliefs and does something much worse than slapping someone. And they too will think, "It's no big deal." What a joke!!! Stop accusing others of being uneducated when, in fact, it is you that is the truly ignorant one. Go slap someone and see if you get charged with assault and you will see that it is no minor thing. Oh I am SOOO SICK OF IDIOTS IN OUR COUNTRY!! You are the reason we are not able to compete. Your "progressive" ideas drag down the intelligence of our nation. Go get an education, then come back and try to make an EDUCATED comment. Until then, just stop spewing ignorance, and for heaven's sake, if you haven't, DO NOT procreate. You'll be shocked one day when your kid slaps you and thinks "nothing of it," and you will have no one to blame but yourself and your "progressive" thinking.

Unbelievable! What kind of person would condone and person being slapped and put such a ridiculous satement. You have no concept of the education to be a teacher let alone the requirements to remain a teacher. We deal with educating children but then also have to deal with little Johnny or little Sally bringing baggage in fro home. There is not a more underpaiid job than teaching. Most of us are here because we love to teach.
Remember "if you can say this thank a soldier but if can read this thank a teacher"

Hey NoMore! I don't know what state you're in...but as far as I know,
every state requires a COLLEGE DEGREE to teach--at minimum a
bachelor's degree is required and and some states even require a
master's degree to be attained within the first 5-10 years of
teaching. What exactly do you mean by a "real" education?

While I would agree with your statement about students being "Dumbed Down", I hardly think that you are showing your intellegence by saying that a slap in not a threat. You, yourself, need to be educated. How about having a line of, oh...........let's say 50 teenagers slap you one at a time. That might get the point across. Second thought, you sound tragically hopeless!

if a slap is all they get they should be glad? in what world is it ok for students to do anything physically to a teacher? in what world is it ok for any child to do anything such as slap an adult in anything except extreme cases (such as an abduction).

"A slap is hardly a threat. If this is the worst they have from Middle Schoolers, they should be happy."
Awesome. As an educator, am I now allowed to slap your child? I mean, c'mon, you just said it's not so bad.....
"What is wrong with "educators"?
What's wrong with your kids? Do you even know what your kids are doing online? Probably not.

zero tolerance is bs. i got suspended cuz some kid didnt like me and started to fight me. we both got suspended right b4 finals. they tried to fail me. i had another friend get jumped by three ppl. yea guess what he got suspended and clearly he did nothing that moment to provoke and even if he did so, people need to suck it up. I also got suspended and arrested for calling a teacher a nazi and suspended again for talking about a detention i got bs because it was too harsh for what i did. The teacher that gave it too me overheard and she told me to stop talking about it. i said "um freedom of speech" and she gave me the nastiest look. This why your kids dont care. Why should they we have no rights. so we get high. and curse our parents world while they take away our free thought and try to close our ever expanding mines. dont let these aholes ruin your kids. if your kids failing its the schools fault its their job. no excuses, no matter if your kid is a trouble maker or has adhd. Instead of spending thousands on special programs. which would cost around (idk i remember hearing when i ditched the school lost 75 a day), instead pay kids 20 a day just for going. isnt the staff wants? anyways i hate school. and college was so much different and better. And do not hit your kids there is no differnce between a beating and a spanking. think about it.