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no_hypocrisy

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16. This is the real world:

Reply to jcgoldie (Reply #11)

Fri Aug 19, 2022, 12:10 PM

Aug 2022

1. Kid makes an accusation.
2. Administration investigates.
3. Administration consults insurance carrier.
4. Insurance carrier advises to release substitute from duties.
5. Irrelevant whether kid was truthful.

Schools are scared to death of lawsuits, usually because it costs money to settle cases before the public hears about them.

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Have you noticed that separation of races is getting worse? [View all] leftyladyfrommo Aug 2022 OP

Nope PJMcK Aug 2022 #1

Good for you! Good for your neighbors. leftyladyfrommo Aug 2022 #2

I know I live in a melting pot PJMcK Aug 2022 #3

No. Fear is what they want you to feel. pwb Aug 2022 #4

The schools have resegregated Johnny2X2X Aug 2022 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author Omnipresent Aug 2022 #6

I don't understand this but... Effete Snob Aug 2022 #7

One thing has struck me as different. no_hypocrisy Aug 2022 #8

kids be kids will use what they think works for them jcgoldie Aug 2022 #9

Yes and no. no_hypocrisy Aug 2022 #10

I mean that sounds like bad administration jcgoldie Aug 2022 #11

Agreed. no_hypocrisy Aug 2022 #13

This is the real world: no_hypocrisy Aug 2022 #16

And it's a lot of money, too. One bad law suit can leftyladyfrommo Aug 2022 #26

My ex-wife recently started teaching in a predominantly black school Victor_c3 Aug 2022 #17

And that's my point. no_hypocrisy Aug 2022 #20

As far as you and I are concerned, I'm not much we can do individually to help that situation Victor_c3 Aug 2022 #25

Nope. I live in a red town in NC. I have both white and black neighbors. BlackSkimmer Aug 2022 #12

Nope, not where I'm at obamanut2012 Aug 2022 #14

so true llashram Aug 2022 #15

I can't speak to whether or not it's getting better or worse Victor_c3 Aug 2022 #18

No milestogo Aug 2022 #19

Not at all. hunter Aug 2022 #21

That's an ongoing issue in any police dept. leftyladyfrommo Aug 2022 #24

uhhh, what? nt LexVegas Aug 2022 #22

Trump setting off the violent wackos has done a huge leftyladyfrommo Aug 2022 #23