High School Students Accused Of Killing Chicken For Cookout

[The Straight Story]

High School Students Accused Of Killing Chicken For Cookout

BROOKE COUNTY, W.Va. -- Two Brooke High School students are accused of killing a chicken outside of a vocational classroom with the intentions of eating it at a cookout, the superintendent said.

NEWS9 received an email about the incident Thursday night, and Superintendent Kathy Kidder confirmed it happened.

Two male students, a senior and a junior, were involved, Kidder said. She said they were disciplined immediately. She said the extent of the students' punishment won't be known until the school board finished its investigation.

Kidder said the students had asked the principal if they could have a cookout earlier in the week and were told no. However, the students then went to the vocational director, who approved the cookout, unaware of the principal's decision.

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[elleng]

1. This ISN'T the Onion???

[Enrique]

2. quote of the day

"That is so gross. I think that is so gross. I don't know where the parents were, but that it totally gross."

[MicaelS]

18. Not that one, this one....

"I think it could have been done in a more private setting. I think there is a place for that. Everybody eats chicken, but not everybody sees the chicken slaughtered."

[vandelay]

3. Oh my God the stupidity of some people. A CHICKEN! They are FOOD!

What have we become - morons?

[LisaL]

12. But it was SLAUGHTERED! I guess the ones in the supermarket

magically become that way.

[Tesha]

14. The ones at Chik-Fil-A are raptured away. But not on Sudays. (NT)

[elleng]

23. That is a GOOD one, LisaL!

[Codeine]

28. everybody knows grocery store chickens

peacefully die of old age after a long and pampered life.

[Bill McBlueState]

4. So if the Tyson company kills the chicken,

it's healthy and normal, but if *you* kill it yourself, there's a problem. Okay.

[CBGLuthier]

5. So What?

Raising a nation of frightened people who think food comes wrapped in plastic or paper boxes.

I have seen a walking breathing chicken turned into food and enjoyed it a few hours later. It is the way of the world.

[buddysmellgood]

7. I don't think it was their chicken. That makes it an extremely serious crime worthy

of coverage. If only more reporters would look into this sort of thing, our nation would not have the financial crisis we do.

[LisaL]

10. It was their chicken. One of the students raises chickens.

[Posteritatis]

11. *facepalm*

Do people even read the articles here, or do they just react to the headlines and fill in the facts themselves?

One of the students raises chickens.

[Bill McBlueState]

26. "they just react to the headlines and fill in the facts themselves"

^-- that.

[saras]

33. or they forget the 'sarcasm' icon

"If only more reporters would look into this sort of thing, our nation would not have the financial crisis we do."

Really?

[buddysmellgood]

45. No, I didn't read it. Now it's really not news.

[treestar]

31. Maybe it was more to do with having the knife or the chicken at school

If Mary brought her little lamb to school today!

[Posteritatis]

6. Christ on a crutch, what a non-story. (nt)

[The Straight Story]

8. It is the front page, top story at that news station's site - 2nd is security breach at water plant

:shrug:

[4lbs]

9. I bet the same superintendent ate at a restaurant where they served lobster from a big aquarium tank

Hmmm..

"I wonder how that lobster magically got from the tank to my plate?"

They must have some sort of magician with some sort of magical device that did this!

Yeah, the magician is called a cook, and the magical device is a pot of boiling water.

[Historic NY]

13. Perhaps it was the method of the chicken's demise.

choking...:rofl::rofl::rofl:

[madmom]

15. The only thing I see that they should be punished for is

going to a second authority figure for permission after the first one said no. Maybe these kids should be taught where their food really comes from.

[Occulus]

17. Uh... given one of the students apparently RAISES chickens,

it sounds more like it's the adults involved who are more deserving of punishment.

[madmom]

25. No, they asked the principle if they could do it, he/she said no. They then went and

asked another, after already being told no. I don't know about other households, but when my kids did that when they were younger they got in trouble. When you are told no, the answer is no, not go ask someone else.It has nothing to do with the actual ownership of the chickens.

[petronius]

32. That, and I imagine that when cookouts are permitted the school has rules about the

when, where, and how of food preparation. I'm sure these kids knew perfectly well that they didn't have permission to do what they did, and it was a lot more about creating a spectacle and poking the administration than having a barbecue...

[saras]

35. why on earth is this punishable?

[madmom]

37. Because when you go ask mom if you can have a cookie and she says no, to then

go ask dad if you can have a cookie is kind of circumventing mom's authority as a parent. Like wise with the principle and the other person. All kids do it when they are little and they have to learn that when they are told no, unless they can make a good argument for yes, it's over. Would you like it if someone did that to you?

[MineralMan]

16. Were they supposed to devour the chicken alive?

First step in every chicken recipe:

1. Kill a chicken.

[Fumesucker]

19. Errr.. I have heard two versions of the zeroth step..

First, buy a chicken.

First, steal a chicken.

I guess you could also add for this kid, first, raise a chicken.

[MineralMan]

20. Well, my recipe assumes the chicken.

If you have no chicken, you cannot kill the chicken. If you have no chicken, chicken soup will not be on the menu. And, if you count your chickens before they hatch, you will have to wait a bit before you have a chicken.

Assume the chicken. However, do not do the chicken or choke the chicken. :rofl:

[Fumesucker]

21. That's why it's the zeroth step and not the first..

And I might add that the context I heard the "steal a chicken" was rather bigoted (although not racist).

[Very_Boring_Name]

22. You mean you're not supposed to cook the chickens live?

[elleng]

24. Not like lobsters, I guess.

[onethatcares]

27. have you ever spit out feathers from your wifes' cooking?

or tried to pluck a live chicken?

[Very_Boring_Name]

29. I always just assumed you're supposed to throw the live chickens inside the BBQ and shut the lid

Now I know why nobody comes to my summer BBQ's anymore!

[onethatcares]

30. ya gotta watch that "assume" thing.

that's why I use "presume" instead.

I'm gonna try that live chicken on the barby tomorrow. Do you tie their legs?

[1awake]

34. Just spoke to Kathy the other day,

sad that I live there and didnt hear of it lol

[saras]

36. Microwaves were invented to cook live chickens

I suppose you could tie a chicken to a spit and roast it alive, but somehow I think that either of these options would have gotten the students in trouble also.

And I think the kids deserve extra credit, not censure and punishment, for finding an authority figure to grant them permission. This is normal behavior in the adult world, from choosing a jurisdiction for a lawsuit to seeking tax breaks to applying for grants.

[handmade34]

43. you get the award for best

conclusion... not the microwave thing but... "This is normal behavior in the adult world, from choosing a jurisdiction for a lawsuit to seeking tax breaks to applying for grants"

[xphile]

38. I don't understand. I'm no farmer type but I'm pretty sure that you're supposed to

kill the chicken before you cook it.

[Old Troop]

39. cooking a live chicken is just plain mean.

[lumberjack_jeff]

40. You mean KFC was actually real cluck, cluck chickens???? n/t

[Fla_Democrat]

41. Just trying to keep it from Xing the road, chief.

:smoke:

[jmowreader]

42. Asking dad when mom says no will do that to ya

The chicken choking is just a bonus.

[Buns_of_Fire]

44. Little turdbuckets. Everyone knows you're supposed to eat chickens live. nt

[tabasco]

46. They found the smoking evidence right on the barbecue grill!

Good work police!!

[jp11]

47. Silly kids.

They were told no then thought the best idea was to take their live chickens and slaughter them on the school lawn, not at home where they could kill and prepare the meat to be brought to school against the principal's permission. Also it is unknown where the knife came from so they also may have brought a weapon to school in addition to 'littering' or inhumane animal handling/unsanitary food preparation whatever BS 'killing a chicken' they owned charge.

[Blue_Tires]

48. That was my point as well -- I think they did this just for shock value