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Thursday, September 8, 2011

Democurmudgeon: New Walking Curriculum in Elementary School brings Prison Camp Discipline to Fond Du Lac.

Democurmudgeon: New Walking Curriculum in Elementary School brings Prison Camp Discipline to Fond Du Lac.:

New Walking Curriculum in Elementary School brings Prison Camp Discipline to Fond Du Lac.


It’s hard to know why or how something so outlandish as the "walking regimen" could have happened in the U.S.. At a time when school boards and principals have taken away teacher control with their dreaded new “handbooks,” is it just a coincidence that the North Korean marching torture has suddenly become a solution to playground mischief?

As a parent of an elementary student, I would have seriously gone berserk confronting the dictatorial principal who came up with her “walking regimen.”
Some parents aren’t pleased with the start of the new school year at Waters Elementary School. A new walking regimen has raised the ire of several moms and dads who liken the mandatory 10-