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Apr 12

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6 Filipino boys in trouble over FB kiss photos

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MANILA, Philippines?? A Philippine Catholic school is witholding the diplomas of six high school boys who uploaded Facebook photos that appear to show them kissing each other, an education official said Friday.

A day earlier, a Philippine court rejected another Catholic school’s decision to bar five girls from graduation ceremonies because they had posed in bikinis for photos posted on Facebook. The cases test the limits of privacy in a conservative Catholic nation that is also among the world’s most prolific users of social networking sites.

Department of Education officer Samuel Mergenio said in a interview that the six boys told him they had taken prank photos to make it appear that their lips touched. One of the boys uploaded the pictures on Facebook and mistakenly made them available to others, Mergenio said.

The pictures were not taken at the boys’ school, Infant Jesus Academy in the Manila suburb of Marikina, but the students were wearing school uniforms, he said.

Mergenio said the school’s chancellor informed the department late Thursday that the boys will be allowed to participate in the graduation ceremonies but “the release of their diplomas will be delayed.” He said the school did not say when the diplomas will be handed over and that he was awaiting a formal written report from the school.

The school chancellor was not immediately available for comment Friday.

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On Thursday, a judge in central Cebu city issued a restraining order against St. Theresa’s College High School, ordering it to allow the five students who appeared in the bikini photos to take part in Friday afternoon’s graduation ceremonies.

The school, which declined to comment to The Associated Press, asked the court to reconsider. The girls’ lawyer, Cornelio Mercado, said Friday that the school was still insisting on banning the students while its motion for reconsideration is pending.

Mercado said one Facebook photo at issue showed a girl holding a cigarette and a liquor bottle, while others showed all five girls wearing bikinis at a beach party early this year.

School officials took action against the girls for what they called “engaging in immoral, indecent, obscene or lewd acts,” according to court records. They said the students would graduate but could not participate in activities or ceremonies.

Earlier this month, the five girls were summoned by the principal and other school officials, “dressed down” and called “sluts” for their Facebook pictures, Mercado said.

The judge, Wilfredo Navarro of the Regional Trial Court, castigated school officials for calling the girls “inappropriate names” and said the students had gone through “a psychologically and emotionally devastating experience.” He said not allowing them to participate in graduation activities “would indeed be most un-Christian if not entirely inhuman.”

The mother of one girl had petitioned the court on behalf of her daughter. Mercado said the ruling applied to all five.

He said the families on Friday filed charges of “grave oral defamation” and illegal use of photos showing minors against the school and school officials. He alleged that the school officials had illegally obtained the pictures because they were not Facebook “friends” of the girls and were not allowed access.

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Jan 12

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USA hires new softball coach

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By TRACI L. WEISENBACH
Tribune Staff Writer

SEBEWAING ? A familiar face will join the Unionville-Sebewaing Area (USA) varsity softball team as its new head coach this school year.

At its regular meeting Monday night, the USA board of education hired Steve Bohn for the position.

Bohn has been the associate head varsity boys basketball coach for the past 14 years, said Superintendent George Rierson.

Bohn played baseball while attending Western Michigan University, Rierson said, and he played at least 10 years for the Midland Explorers, an open class division men?s softball team.

?He?s played the game extensively,? Rierson said.

Bohn also has served as a youth coach, he noted.

The district posted the varsity softball coach position multiple times and received two applicants.

One of the applicants withdrew, Rierson said.

Bohn already has made contact with the players and parents about the upcoming season, according to Rierson.

?We?ve had a high performing program here,? Rierson said. ?Everyone is wondering how (having a new coach) will work out. But Steve is confident that he can help the girls continue the success they?ve been used to.?

In June, the USA board of education discontinued the contract with then- USA varsity softball coach Lary Houthoofd, who had led the team for six years.

Over the past six years, the USA softball team has garnered six district and six regional titles. The team also has celebrated three state championships in 2006, 2007 and 2009. The 2011 team was the state runner-up.

In other business at Monday?s meeting, the board approved a merit pay plan. The plan details how teachers can receive a $150 stipend for a school year by meeting several criteria. Along with improving student test scores, teachers also must have perfect attendance and go above and beyond in specific job performance areas, such as parent communication.

Rierson said he believes the USA teachers will do very well with the merit pay plan.

?Our teachers have a lot of pride in what they do,? he said.

He said the plan will help teachers achieve the most they can for their students.

The state is requiring that all public school districts devise a plan for merit pay based on various factors, including student achievement measures.

Also during the meeting, the board:

? Heard about Elementary Principal Libby Treiber leading a pilot project involving benchmark testing for prekindergarten students. Treiber is working with the Tuscola Intermediate School District on the project, and the plan is to have other districts use this testing to gauge where students are at academically before they start kindergarten.

? Listened to a report about Lindsay Bitzer, secondary school counselor, and paraprofessional Steve Cramer attending anti-bullying training and presenting information to middle school and high school students regarding identifying bullying behavior and how to properly respond to it.

? Approved a 25 cent per hour wage increase for Jean Heck, food service director. Rierson said Heck had not received a pay increase since 2007. Heck is not in a bargaining group, and other employees who are in a bargaining group (such as food service employees) have received raises since 2007.

? Heard from Rierson that the district is putting out a request for bids for employee health insurance.

? Recognized the boys cross country team and coach Ed LeBair for earning third place Academic All State honors.

? Accepted certificates and USA T-shirts from the staff, who thanked the school board members for their service in honor of School Board Recognition Month.


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Source: http://www.michigansthumb.com/articles/2012/01/10/news/local_news/doc4f0c293051abe073662591.txt

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Jan 12

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New sex education standards released (AP)

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WASHINGTON ? Young elementary school students should use the proper names for body parts and, by the end of fifth grade, know that sexual orientation is “the romantic attraction of an individual to someone of the same gender or a different gender,” according to new sexual education guidelines released Monday by a coalition of health and education groups.

The non-binding recommendations to states and school districts seek to encourage age-appropriate discussions about sex, bullying and healthy relationships ? starting with a foundation even before second grade.

By presenting minimum standards that schools can use to formulate school curriculums for each age level, the groups hope that schools can build a sequential foundation that in the long term will better help teens as they grow into adults.

Experts say schools across America are inconsistent in how they address such sensitive topics.

Despite awareness of bullying, for example, Debra Hauser, president of Advocates for Youth, one of the groups involved with creating the standards, said some schools don’t address it ? or at least not in relation to sexual orientation or gender identity, which is where she said a lot of the bullying occurs.

“They should tackle it head on,” Hauser said.

Other organizations involved with the release include the American Association of Health Education, the American School Health Association, the National Education Association – Health Information Network, the Society of State Leaders of Health and Physical Education, and the Future of Sex Education Initiative. The latest suggestions were already drawing less enthusiastic reactions from some.

By the end of second grade, the guidelines say students should use the correct body part names for the male and female anatomy, and also understand that all living things reproduce and that all people have the right to not be touched if they don’t want to be. They also say young elementary school kids should be able to identity different kinds of family structures and explain why bullying and teasing are wrong.

Beyond lessons about puberty by the end of fifth grade, the guidelines say students should be able to define sexual harassment and abuse.

When they leave middle school, they should be able to differentiate between gender identity, gender expression and sexual orientation, according to the guidelines. And the say they should be able to explain why a rape victim is not at fault, know about bullying and dating violence and describe the signs and impacts of sexually transmitted diseases.

It calls for those leaving eighth grade to also be able to evaluate the effectiveness of abstinence, condoms and other “safer sex methods” and know how emergency contraception works. Many of these issues the groups encouraged to be further addressed in high school as well.

It’s unclear how much influence the recommendations will have among educators.

Cora Collette Breuner, a pediatrics professor at the University of Washington and Seattle Children’s Hospital and a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics committee on adolescence who was not involved in the creation of the standards, praised the approach of encouraging discussions at an early age.

“The data points that trying to cover this stuff when kids have already formulated their own opinions and biases by the time they’re in middle and high school, it’s too late,” Breuner said.

Valerie Huber, executive director of the National Education Abstinence Association, said she does not agree with the topics and goals of the standards. Like the anti-smoking campaign of the last few decades that has had success, abstinence should be the focus of such programs, she said.

“This should be a program about health, rather than agendas that have nothing to do with optimal sexual health decision-making,” Huber said. “Controversial topics are best reserved for conversations between parent and child, not in the classroom.”

Federal funding for abstinence-centered education funded by a Republican Congress in the late 1990s and later under President George W. Bush has largely gone by the wayside under the Obama administration, which has had a shift in focus to teen pregnancy prevention programs.

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Kimberly Hefling can be followed at http://twitter.com/khefling

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National Sexuality Education Standards Core Content and Skills, K-12: http://www.ashaweb.org/files/public/Sexuality%20Education/JOSH-FoSE-Standards.pdf

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120109/ap_on_re_us/us_sex_education

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Nov 11

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3 students from US arrested during Cairo protests (AP)

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INDIANAPOLIS ? A teenager who was one of three American college students arrested during massive protests in Cairo is an idealist who got caught up in the pro-democracy movement sweeping Egypt, his mother said Tuesday.

Derrik Sweeney, a 19-year-old Georgetown University student from Jefferson City, Mo., was arrested along with Luke Gates, a 21-year-old Indiana University student from Bloomington, Ind., and Gregory Porter, a 19 year-old Drexel University student from Glenside, Pa.

An Egyptian official said the students were arrested on the roof of a university building where they were throwing firebombs at security forces fighting with protesters near Tahrir Square. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because there was no authorization to speak to the media.

The three were studying at the American University in Cairo, and university spokeswoman Morgan Roth said they had been held by Egyptian authorities since their arrest but she did not know whether they had been formally charged. She said it wasn’t unusual for American students to get “caught up” in Egyptian politics.

Sweeney’s mother, Joy Sweeney, described him as a principled person who stands up for his beliefs. He attended previous protests but stopped after a demonstration where dozens were killed, she said. He had assured his family the violence wasn’t near him and he was safe.

Still, Joy Sweeney said she wasn’t surprised he went.

“He got caught up in the whole college-change-the-world mentality, and he believes in democracy strongly,” she said.

But she also said her son was the family peacemaker when siblings fought and she couldn’t see him acting violently.

“I don’t believe that he would intentionally throw a bomb at anyone,” she said. “I don’t believe that.”

Their parents said Sweeney and Gates had been in Cairo since August, studying Arabic along with other subjects.

Joy Sweeney said others attending previous demonstrations had praised her son’s Arabic and appreciated that a “blond-hair, blue-eyed kid” was supporting their calls for democracy.

The wave of protests and violence across Egypt that began Saturday has left 29 dead and thrown the country’s politics into chaos less than a week before landmark parliamentary elections were to begin. Tens of thousands of people filled Tahrir Square on Tuesday to intensify pressure on Egypt’s military leaders to hand over power to a civilian government.

Joy Sweeney and Gates’ father, Bill Gates, they have been in contact officials from the U.S. Embassy but have little information so far about their sons.

“I don’t think anybody really knows what to expect,” Bill Gates said.

The U.S. Department of State said it was aware of the detentions of three U.S. citizens in connection with Tahrir Square protests and was seeking access.

Sweeney interned earlier this year with Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, a Missouri Republican. Paul Sloca, a spokesman for Luetkemeyer, said Sweeney worked in the congressman’s Washington office from February to May, answering phones, attending meetings and completing duties typically assigned to an intern. Sloca said Sweeney was a nice person and a hard-worker.

“We’re just hoping that he’s safe and that he’s being treated fairly,” Sloca said.

Porter graduated last year from La Salle College High School, a private preparatory school in suburban Philadelphia, school spokesman Christopher Carabello said.

In high school, Porter was a good student and “a really good kid” who excelled in debate and got seventh place in a national debate competition two years ago, he said.

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Associated Press writers Chris Blank in Jefferson City, Mo., Jessica Gresko in Washington and Patrick Walters in Philadelphia contributed to this report.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111122/ap_on_re_us/us_egypt_americans_arrested

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