[Jaded]

Carried away with the spirit? Okay, sure. He doesn't seem terribly worried about his education right now since he's not going to school.

[laotzu]

"Now even his chances of college are being hurt," she said."

No.

Then(when he streaked) even his chances for college were being hurt.

[rellimpank]

--when I was a teenage boy, if I or any other had done that we would have been sent to the state hospital in Mendota and kept for two weeks observation and probably not gone home for some time--til we were judged fit to return to society--

[Billthedrill]

I have always wondered about the psychology of streakers. At some point those young fellas had to look at one another and say "hey, I've got a great idea - let's take off our clothes and run around nekkid in front of a crowd." Kinda sad when you're actually hoping that alcohol and drugs were involved...

Well, look at the bright side. There's bound to be "alternative schools" where that sort of behavior is normal...

[BlackbirdSST]

A stupid, immature, childish prank. Smack his peepee and send him home. Zero tolerance sucks! Blackbird.

[danneskjold]

"It was a spur-of-the-moment thing," Lombrana said Thursday evening. "The whole day we had been having pep rallies and tailgate parties and we got carried away with the spirit."

Sounds like he got carried away with the "spirits"...

if you know what I mean...

[fifteendogs]

In the old days, 1950's, everyone would have had a good laugh and gone home. I really do miss America.

[NUCKLEHEAD]

The family also said they were denied due process and never allowed to meet with the school principal since Iles, who attended the game on Oct. 18 and saw the incident, took over the process.

I’m not sure you are entitled to “due process” under these circumstances.

I don’t know what the “alternative school” is in La Porte. Our district had something called the Alternate Study Center that they would send you to. You took your books and showed up every day just like you regularly would at school. Your teachers would send assignments and tests. It was just like regular classes except the idea was to segregate you from the rest of the student population.

I always liked the place because it was less than two blocks from my house, started an hour earlier (but finished an hour and a half earlier) than regular classes, and probably averaged between three and six students at any time. It was nice and quiet.

I could show up there and do all my assignments and still have time to draw and screw around before they let us out. I could never keep up with the work like that in the regular classes, primarily due to all the socializing and roll taking and class changing and material reviewing that went on.

I suppose their version must be different.

[xm177e2]

Is "Alternative School" just a euphemism for "place where we send kids who are too mean, violent, or stupid for public school?" Is it a dangerous place, full of fights and drugs?

If so, this kid should not be sent there, they should find some other form of punishment.

[Mr. Bird]

The school's code of conduct appears to be posted here:

http://www.laporte.isd.esc4.net/districtinfo/codeofconduct.pdf

Everything seems to indicate that the Superintendent chose the most severe penalty available to him under the policy. The policy gives lip service, I guess, to any progressive disciplinary actions, and laughingly states that the "seriousness of the offense" is taken into consideration.

This kid pulled a prank. I doubt anyone was even remotely harmed by the stunt, unless teenage girls have reverted to some innocent form predating my high school years. The superintendent was embarrassed, and he's getting his pound of flesh. What a putz.

[freebilly]

At UCONN in the 70's I used to finish my streaks off with a handstand.....

[Rainmist]

I wonder if he was aware of the penal codes in his state .....

[Publius6961]

Lombrana's parents on Thursday asked a judge to soften the punishment, which they say is harsh.

Another set of loser parents.
Where do these morons come from?

Life is harsh folks.
Actions have consequences.

If you have allowed your little darling to believe otherwise, you have failed as parents.
And now you're compounding the failure by seeking to have the courts endorse your failings.

Get a life.

[iconoclast]

La Porte High School student Victor Lombrana, shown with stepfather Joe Canas and mother Julia Maldonado,

Is this what "blended family" means (no matching last names)?

[mhking]

"Hold muh beer 'n watch this!" PING....

If you want on or off this list, please let me know!

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

While I applaud his "school spirit"...he is still in the Minor Leagues.

This is what you have to do to get to the Major Leagues:

[stainlessbanner]

Now even his chances of college are being hurt," she said.

Not really, this Pledge was just rehearsing for Saturday night Frat parties! Go directly to college, young man. Toga! Toga!

[MonroeDNA]

Been there; done that.

Jeeze, it was funny and harmless. What a bunch of pansies we've all become.

In 12th grade, my best friend and I would streak through the halls after swim practice. We were bored and it was risky fun.

One day, we streaked past the cafeteria (big windows) during the girls gymnastic team awards banquet. Wet towels over our heads.

But we were locked out of the locker room when we ran back. My dad caught us outside the door, down the hallway, when he got tired of waiting in the parking lot. Big, SE grin on his face, and he never said a word, after laughing his a** off.

He went buy the awards banquet on the way in, and saw all the people looking through the windows like something happened.

[I_Love_My_Husband]

I wonder if the mother was an illegal alien demanding her *rights*, or if she was on welfare. These types seem to always be. The name Maldanado is definitely Hispanic, so is the stepfather's last name.