Why Does My Kids’ Elementary School Need a Tank?

[Garion_55]

My twin daughters just finished their second week of kindergarten at the local elementary school, one of 226 learning facilities in the San Diego Unified School District.

They love it so far, and so do my wife and I. Their teacher is fantastic, the principal is energetic and engaged with the students and their families, and most of my kids’ neighborhood friends go there—it’s just this side of idyllic. Okay, so it could use a few amenities. Shade, for instance. I stopped by at recess yesterday and some kids were huddled under one of the three trees on campus, while others leaned against a steel storage unit to make use of its slim shadow. It seems to me like the district could spring for a couple more drought-resistant trees, or some sailcloth to suspend over the playground. That, and we could use another kindergarten teacher.

One thing I didn’t realize we needed is a Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle (MRAP). But our school district now has one. Ours is the Caiman model, a 6x6 behemoth that weighs in at over 15 tons and makes Humvees shrivel up with feelings of inadequacy. The Caiman offers a range of option packages, from bristling-with-machine-guns, to monster-truck-field-hospital. But we got ours used, so we have to make some modifications in order for it to serve our purposes, which were not immediately clear when a local news site broke the story before the District was ready for the official rollout...

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/09/13/why-does-my-kids-elementary-school-need-a-tank.html

[elehhhhna]

1. go to the school board meeting

Who's paying for the gas for that Sucker?

[randome]

2. Truancy is a serious problem.

[hr][font color="blue"][center]There is nothing you can't do if you put your mind to it.
Nothing.[/center][/font][hr]

[CanonRay]

3. Recess?

[gratuitous]

4. Inculcate children in the coolness of our military culture

The High Church of Redemptive Violence trains up the young early in the ways of violence, so they will not deviate from the True Path when they grow older.

[Glassunion]

5. Your over reacting

1. That is not a tank, it's an mine resistant vehicle
2. The word rescue should be in quotes
3. They painted it white so it's instantly no longer a "tactical" vehicle
4. It's to protect the children... Won't anyone think of the children!?!

[randome]

6. "Security, we have a 474!"

"What the hell's that again?"
"Tim is at the wheel again and he's blasting away at the cafeteria!"
[hr][font color="blue"][center]There is nothing you can't do if you put your mind to it.
Nothing.[/center][/font][hr]