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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There's no reason to do it publically or to include the press. Just do it quietly and let the new seep out slowly over time.

Outsiders do care because they were those kids were children who made mistakes which resulted in their lives being ripped apart. As if that punishment were not bad enough, they also have had to live with the injustice that several of their classmates were allowed to graduate and remain in good standing while those who were expelled remain outcasts.

There is no logical reason why these individual should for the rest of their lives suffer the stigma of being outcasts when the school for complicated reasons chose to punish some students more harshly than others.

Until this unfortunate page in Landon's history is resolved it will never be forgotten. [b]It will forever frighten prospective students away until everyone applying for acceptance can be assured that the ol' boy system at the school has been dismantled[/b] and all students will be treated equally in the future.

A new Board of Directors has recently been elected. They can begin anew by quietly correcting this mistake made by an earlier generation of Directors. [/quote]

Most people applying have little understanding or knowledge as to who got expelled and why. The current students would have no idea who you are talking about.  All three school headmaster's are new as well as Mr. Armstrong.

Unfortunately, life is not fair. People are not always treated equally. I also agree with the PP that you seem way to invested to be an innocent bystander. At least be honest and say why you care about this so much.

Personally, if this happened to my son, I coudl care less that the school would "forgive" me. They all seemed to have moved on with life. Perhaps you should as well.[/quote]

Why shouldn't I care?  [b]I care about injustices where ever they may occur.[/b] Do you not feel the same way? If you don't speak up for others, who will speak up when they come for you. Of course that's  a paraphrase, but I'm sure you get the gist. Would you never stand up for another person unles you have vested interest?  Hopefully that's not the case?

You wouldn't want to be an outcast from the people with whom you spent so much of your youth, so my verbiage is not melodramatic. The Supreme Court reverses its decisions all the time, so reversing a couple of expulsions from a relatively small private school seems very doable.

It's the prudent thing to do!

Until the subject comes up again - I'm out. [/quote]

Let's get real. I care about injustices. Let's put this in perspective:

Here are a few examples:

The VA scandal
The stolen girls of Uganda
the Sudan
Kid in the inner city that can''t get a decent education
Soldiers coming back from a tour of duty who can't find a job
People and organziations that got their money stolen by Bernie Madoof
the teacher who died at Magruder last week who left 2 young kids
Young kids who get cancer

Now let's look at what you keep railing about: a kid who got expelled from a private school for cheating who went on to college

enough said

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Good one.  [/quote]

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