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TexasTowelie

(112,163 posts)
Sat Nov 7, 2015, 04:55 AM Nov 2015

Hundreds of Canon City students involved in sexting scandal could face felony charges

Colorado parents are outraged and concerned as school district officials reveal new details on the "large scale" sexting scandal at Canon City High School.

The school district says the scandal involves an equal number of boys and girls -- including some who are only in eighth grade - who could face felony charges. This is forcing parents and administrators to re-evaluate how they monitor teen activity in a high-tech world, reports CBS News correspondent Carter Evans.

At an emergency meeting Thursday night, concerned parents learned that possibly hundreds of students at Canon City High may have been collecting and trading nude pictures of themselves and friends on their cell phones, like trading baseball cards.

"It was flooring to find so many and there are more we don't know about," said Principal Brett Meuli.

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/canon-city-high-school-sexting-scandal-students-could-face-felony-charges/

The school district suspended the remainder of the football schedule in response to the investigation.

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Hundreds of Canon City students involved in sexting scandal could face felony charges (Original Post) TexasTowelie Nov 2015 OP
It's never too early to ruin somebody's life. Turbineguy Nov 2015 #1
Yeah, sigh. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Nov 2015 #2

Turbineguy

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1. It's never too early to ruin somebody's life.
Sat Nov 7, 2015, 05:52 AM
Nov 2015

A child in America should not have the luxury of poor judgement anymore.

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

(14,733 posts)
2. Yeah, sigh.
Sat Nov 7, 2015, 08:28 AM
Nov 2015

But hey, we're America, and anything even tangentially related to sex or nudity is abhorrent and must be punished!

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