Newsworthy?

DUNLAP, Ind. - The father of a seventh-grader claims an assistant
principal came up with a bizarre way to keep his son's pants from
sagging in school: duct tape.


Scott Allison told the Concord School Board earlier this month that
his 12-year-old son, Spencer, was ordered by a teacher to lift his
shirt after she noticed the boy's underwear was showing above his
pants, a violation of Concord Junior High School's dress code.

She sent him to Assistant Principal Patricia Walters, who told Spencer
to pull up his pants and tuck in his shirt, Allison said.

"She then proceeded to duct tape his waist, three times around the
waist," said Allison. "Then she sent him back to class, in front of his
peers."

He said he worried his son would be mocked by his classmates at the
school in the town about 20 miles east of South Bend.

"This outrages me and shocks me," Allison said.

Allison also said that Spencer's underwear would not have been exposed
if the shirt was left down. "I don't understand what motivated her to
ask him to lift up his shirt," he said.

Board President Randall Myers said the board would not discuss
personnel issues in public. Junior high Principal Kevin Caird said
student discipline is confidential.

Surprising, but also, not. There are some assholes out there - and some of them work in the schools.