Re: just asking a question...

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: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : By the way, as usual, Armstrong SD is years behind everyone else. Community service has been a graduation requirement in Leechburg since 1988. : : : : : : : : : : : : : So, because Leechburg has it, it's a good thing? : : : : : : : : : : : : : It think it's a bad idea to make it a requirement. : : : : : : : : : : : : : Yeah, I guess you're right. After all, Leechburg is such a great town. The people who live there are very civil minded. No druggies and welfare bums roaming the streets or anything...right? : : : : : : : : : : : : I think that he was just pointing out that ASD, and Kittanning/FC are, as always, decades behind everyone else. : : : : : : : : : : : : And no, Leechburg's no panacea, but it's head and shoulders above Ford City--at least there are businesses and restaurants there, and paved streets, and it's not nearly as crime ridden as Kittanning. : : : : : : : : : : : Think again. Drugs and crime are far worse in Leechburg than they are in Kittanning or Ford City. I have friends who live in all three. Believe me, it's MUCH worse in Leechburg. : : : : : : : : : : : How is the asd BEHIND Leechburg? Just because they do something doesn't mean it's a step FORWARD. : : : : : : : : : : : This mentality that ANY change is change for the BETTER is just plain ridiculous. : : : : : : : : : : : Do you have kids? Do you MAKE them perform community service? If so, did you do so before or after it was a "requirement"/ Do YOU perform any community service? : : : : : : : : : : : It just shouldn't be REQUIRED. If they want to encourage it, fine, but it shouldn't be a requirement. : : : : : : : : : : : I doubt it's even legal to make it a requirement. : : : : : : : : : : Community Service is a requirement for a number of high schools in Pennsylvania. I've seen a statistic that shows about 10% of all high schools have community service as a graduation requirement. Not a common requirement, but it could become more so in the future. : : : : : : : : : Have you heard of ANYBODY challegeing this requirement in a court of law? : : : : : : : : : Please explain to me how a school district can legally force a student to perform community service, even as a punishment for something, let alone as a requirement for graduation. : : : : : : : : : Like somebody else asked, who determines what "community service" is? Hell, if it's legal, why not fire all the custodial staff for the district and have the kids do the work? Why not make it 40 hours PER WEEK? Do you honestly think that a judge would rule that the districts can do this? : : : : : : : : : It's complete bs. : : : : : : : : oh, also.... : : : : : : : : Just because a district is doing something different, doesn't mean it's doing something better. : : : : : : : : Just because they are doing something and haven't been stopped, doesn't mean what they are doing is legal. : : : : : : : There is nothing wrong with a little community service, a few hours helping at a library, church or something isn't going to hurt anything.It they are members of an organization like the boy scouts or if they go to a nursing home to sing Christmas Carols or visit a few of the folks- what would it hurt?It wakes some kids up nd they realize- hey there is something I can do to make a difference besides listening to my I pod or playing the 360.Maybe pass out some sandwhiches to those who have nothing, help at the Salvation Army, something to get them involved, they will like it. : : : : : : I didn't say it would hurt anybody, or that it wouldn't help anyone. I just said they have no business forcing it on the students. If they want to try to convince the kids to do it, fine, but they have no business making it a requirement for graduation. : : : : : Why not , they are the administration of the district. If they feel it has some value , rather than having them set around like a big turd, why not? The student and community will both profit. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : So if the district determines the kids should scrub shitters as a graduation requirement, that would make it okay? : : : : Although they may believe diferently , school districts are not above the law and can't just make the kids do whatever they want. : : : Grow up yea of little faith, community service will be done with or wothout you. : : I guarantee you my kid wouldn't be doing it. If it came down to a law suit, then so be it, but there's no way the morons on the ASD board would be denying my kid's graduation because of a community service requirement. : : That's something the judges give to criminals. : : By the way it's "ye" not "yea". : : Ye means you. : : Yea means yes. : : Maybe you should have spent more time learning and less time picking up garbage along the highway. : : Yes, it is legal. It was challenged in court back in the late 80s, early 90s, and the court said it was LEGAL, (i.e., OKAY) for a school district to require community service as a graduation requirement. YES, they CAN prevent a person from graduating if they haven't done their community service. : And YES, I serve my community. Get off of your ass and do the same. Dumbass.

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