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There is no doubt that there are problems at the Columbus Schools, but IMHO the biggest problem is not the school, but the families or what can be loosely termed as families that send these rascals to school everyday.

I'd agree with you to some extent, except for the fact that not only did these school administrators conveniently "forget" to tell the girl's father what happened, they tried to talk him out of calling the police to report it. And even now that the story's gotten out, the only thing they think to do is point fingers and try to cover their tails. Oh, and of course, blame the victim.

To a point, I understand what they tried to do. The attempt was to keep this incident from becoming a media circus. Let's face it, handicapped child complains of being forced to give oral sex. Meida runs with it and look what happens. School is out of control, yada, yada, yada.

The school tried to keep a lid on it. And maybe even cover it up. In the circus that has ensued, it's hard to tell. But I'm sympathetic that the school doesn't need anymore black eyes, but then again it does need to have public scrutiny. It's just that TVN through Beck is creating a circus rather than taking this incident and using it as a stepping stone to really get to the bottom of what the real issues are at the Columbus Public Schools (and to an extent Southwestern City Schools) and where do we start in an effort to resolve the problems while keeping the most students in some sort of educational environment. Simply tossing the animals to the street isn't the answer.