No Child Left Behind

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America isn't as cracked up to be as people think it is lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Actually, sometimes, America really is cracked up, but that's a separate situation completely.

Also... no, they are not actually sending these letters to anyone. This is the story forum. Story. Not real. Derp.

Also, check out the first couple of posts in this thread to see where this is all coming from, if you are interested. Personally, I'm having some fun here. I was often the idealist as a child, and even as an adult, I refuse to give up my idealism. Sometimes, that comes across in my interactions in role playing stories too.

[willnotwill]

Dear Mrs. Smithers,

It was so nice meeting with you and your husband the yesterday. Yes, the days of the paddle are long gone, however

we're finding new ways. I'm glad that we were able to come to an agreement on a plan for Brent. To make this formal:

1. Brent will be transfered to a special education home room (ED/LD) where his diapers will be checked.

2. Brent will wear diapers through out the day

3. He will be mainstreamed in his existing classes otherwise.

4. I will inform his other teachers that he has no need for lavatory passes anymore.

5. Brent can return to the special ed room when he needs diaper changes.

We'll review this after the next testing cycle.

Since you are planning on keeping Brent in diapers at home as well, I am seeing if I can get you

the school system's discount on these supplies.

Nice talking to you.

J. Campbell.

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ONE WEEK LATER

Dear Mr. Campbell,

It was a pleasure getting to speak with you about our son Brent last week.

So far, in writing, you have been communicating with my wife. She has done an admirable job describing our situation and describing to you the challenges we, as parents, have faced ever since this new academic schedule with tests and diapers was put into place. I know I added a few choice examples to the discussion last week. However, our son is not improving one bit. In fact, he is getting much worse.

Our son, ever the rebel that he is, was featured in today's local paper in the police blotter. I can only assume this means you must have had to call the police to assist you with dealing with his latest prank, super gluing his pants and shirt to his classroom chair after having taken a fast acting laxative this morning. I can only imagine the stir from the smell this must have caused, and I'm sure that is exactly what our son was hoping would happen. I don't need to copy you the news report as you were quoted in it. I'm sure you've seen the report, but our son has all but stopped talking to us. I'm really tempted to spank him just to see what happens, but I doubt that will have any material affect on his attitude of late.

I'm growing increasingly more convinced that the only thing which would help him would be to place him in a school where he feels more academically challenged and where this nonsensical approach to testing and wearing of diapers would take a significant back seat to the better education of every student for the benefit of every student. Despite popular belief to the contrary, we are not sending our child to your school so he can pass a test so you can receive more funding. School was never supposed to be about the school. Somewhere along the lines, and I don't know where, testing seems to have taken a priority over academic and social achievement.

At home, our child is doing nothing but isolating himself in his bedroom and locking the door. We're tempted to remove the lock, but we know that personal space is something which has become very important to him. He has grown exceptionally possessive of everything we have ever given him, even things he never used to care about. He is popping laxatives almost like a drug addict looking for a regular shot of heroin.

For the first time in his entire life, I spanked him yesterday. I did not stop spanking him until he stopped trying to protest and get away and by then, he was crying uncontrollably and had become inconsolable. I must have given him over a hundred spanks on his bare bottom, each one not only paining him but paining me too. By the time I was done, the color of his bottom had gone from pink to red to black and blue, and he was crying profusely. I gave him a giant hug and a talking to once it was all over, but after all that, his behavior, if you can believe it, only became worse.

Our son never used to cause us any problems, and now, all he ever seems to do is get in trouble, and the only thing that has changed since is this whole testing thing combined with the prescribed diaper regimen. I am convinced that our child must be transferred to a school system more tolerant of his social and academic needs. If he is not transferred, I fear you will be needing to call the cops not for a simple prank like the one he apparently put on yesterday, but for something far more serious. Our son is smart enough to survive in jail. That doesn't mean we want to see him there.

This is a formal request to transfer him to a school where his academic and social achievements will be more appropriately measured. Barring that, we foresee our son appearing in juvenile court charged with who-knows-what-he-will-think-of-committing and it is our firm belief that a lot of people are likely to get seriously physically injured in the process. If you do not transfer our son to a more appropriate academic setting for his needs, we will accept no responsibility for the consequences.

Sincerely,

Mr. Smithers

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Dear Mr. Campbell,

I am writing to inform you of my displeasure of the current situation that you have created at the school. I was concerned for both my son and daughter when the new diaper policy was enacted. I have now seen the effects of your decision written clearly in the newspaper's police report. I am embarrassed to announce that my children attend your school. I implore you to eliminate the disruptions that are caused by disrespectful students.

I am shocked to hear that students are purposefully relieving their bowels while glued to their seat. It is unsanitary for all involved. From what my children have told me, this would not be an issue were it not for the diaper/testing policy. Please remove this policy from the school manual. It does not belong in our cause to make these boys and girls into responsible adults. Educations are not achieved in the environment that you have provoked.

Allowing students to use the restroom during standardized testing is not distracting to other students. Having the student next you relieving himself would be more of a distraction. Personally, I find that it would be somewhat difficult to use the diaper while sitting on a hard chair. You cannot expect toilet trained individuals to suddenly use a diaper.

I feel that the school district has placed too much emphasis on the standardized testing scores at the expense of a real education. If you want the students to succeed as fruitful adults, then please treat them as such. If you want high test scores and the increase of state and federal funds, then have them memorize the test answers.

Unfortunately, my schedule does not allow me to attend school board meetings, but I hope that action will be taken. There is a resolution to the problem at hand. Discussion is necessary to find it.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Lindentree

[underwhere]

This is a work of fiction.

Some time later, The Sunny Vail Times, published in Trenton, Tennessee, ran the following news report:

GRAFFITI STOKES ANTI-DIAPER SENTIMENT

TRENTON- School was closed yesterday after officials discovered what they could only classify as a coordinated effort of destruction. The police were quickly called in to investigate. The graffiti was gone in a matter of hours.

"From what we saw, it looked like every side of the building had been spray painted with a variety of different messages, all very clearly against the current diaper policy enacted by the school system," police commissioner Harold Chansky said. "Some were very graphic, the kind which no child should have to see. Others were more to the point."

[a picture of graffiti scrawled on the giant door at the front of the school. In red spray paint, the words "DEATH TO DIAPERS" were prominently displayed.]

Chansky went on to describe that he had received several phone calls about the incident from parents, most of them begging him to not investigate or prosecute this act of civil disobedience. He said, however, that he was bound by the law and pledged to investigate anyway, and would leave it up to the courts to decide what to do with the perpetrators.

"I'm honestly not sure if the people who did this really care if they get punished or not. Also, we can't be certain that this act of vandalism was committed by students of the school. In all likelihood it was, but at this point, we haven't ruled out anything."

Chansky added that several suspects had already been questioned, but no arrests had been made.

Joseph Campbell, the school administrator, commented, "This incident today is taking valuable time away from your children's preparations for passing the Schedule 4 Competency Exams. If they fail to pass, the school will lose significant funding. I sincerely hope we are able to bring the 'graffiti artists' to justice. We only have so much time to prepare our students for these exams, and incidents like this make our time all the more pressing."

Heather Smithers, mother of Brent, a student at the school, said, "Well, what do you really expect? With a policy as stupid as this diaper testing policy is, there are going to be a lot of people who don't like it. My husband and I have been very vocal privately with our opposition as we have watched our son deteriorate from a very smart outgoing student to one whose only goals in life now seem to be either social isolation or mischief. I wouldn't doubt that our son is likely on the list of suspects, but I don't know if he had any part in this."

Mrs. Smithers was not alone. A man who identified himself only as a 'Silly Pickle' said, "What my child wears is none of the school's business. What makes them think they can tell my child how to handle his own medical issues? What makes them think they know better than the doctor's I have consulted as to what would be best medically and psychologically for my child?"

Mister Campbell seemed unwilling to bend to the scathing criticism. Although he seemed to have few supporters, those who supported him were not afraid to offer their opinions either.

"We pay a lot of money in taxes for this school system, and we expect to see results for our hard earned money," one man who wished to remain anonymous said. "I have three children in the school system, all three of them hard workers, and yes, they each struggle with their own academic issues, but I'm all in favor of anything that can help improve their academic performance and the academic performance of future students. None of them like the diaper policy, but each has admitted to me privately that it has helped them better focus on their academic and testing regimen."

Mr. Smithers, who was present by his wife's side at the time of the protest, could only shake his head. "Look, if it works for his children," he said as he pointed to the anonymous man, "fine, but it is absolutely destroying my son Brent, both inside and out. He has lost all of his motivation to perform at the top of his abilities, and has degenerated into a disrespectful, extremely private, prankster who, until this diaper policy was put into place, would do nothing wrong. There appears to be nothing I can do bring him back to the way he used to be, and believe me, I've tried everything."

According to Mr. Campbell, the school board has scheduled an emergency meeting to address all of the issues involved. Based upon the bylaws of the school board, this meeting will be held in private with a subsequent public hearing, still to be scheduled, for further discussion of the issues involved. A formal meeting notice will be posted in this paper under the Community Announcements section when that public meeting has been scheduled, and all will be invited to attend.

[willnotwill]

Greetings Parents,

I would like to express my appreciation to all those who have expressed opinions at the last public school board meeting

or have written or phoned my office with their comments.

To start off, I have some good news. Both high schools in the district have shown improvement in the number of students

making proficient marks on the standard skills tests. Here is a summary of the results:

EAST HIGH SCHOOL 2007 2008

Superior 12% 15%

Proficient 58% 65%

Deficient 30% 20%

WEST HIGH SCHOOL 2007 2008

Superior 18% 20%

Proficient 52% 61%

Deficient 20% 19%

As you can see, the number of students failing to maintain the minimum standards has decreased across the board.

Many of you are aware of the scandal we had last year where students were found cheating, either by using lavatory

passes to go look at materials or where crib sheets were hidden in their clothes.

Now the board decided to let the individual school school administrations deal with maintaing the integrity of the tests

in their own way. At West High, Mr. Clark provided escorts to make sure students using lavatory passes during the

exams went to the rest room and no where else. In addition, since uniforms were already mandatory at West, the

students were made to change into uniforms in the testing room that were known not to contain any unauthorized

material.

A more controversial approach was taken at East. Mr. Campbell there avoided the rest room policy by having students

wear diapers during the exam. The cribbing issue was take care of by having the students disrobe prior to the exam.

There has been vocal comments both for and against the approach at East High. Some argue that it has been very

effective at keeping the students on track, others argue diapers are a distraction and cause emotional distress to the

students. The record tends to indicate success. East showed the most improvement after implementing these policies.

Further, there were no reports of test irregularities during this session. West showed a less dramatic improvement and

in addition discovered a couple of improprieties in the test.

However, passions run strong. So the new school board policy will is to continue with the existing polices. However,

in deference to parents who have strong views, students will be allowed to attend what ever school their parents deems

is in the best interest of their child. We hope that this will provide the best answer for everyone.

Thank You,

William Benson,

School Board President

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Dear Mr. Benson,

Are you duly qualified to have anything to do with this testing situation? Seriously, I looked at your most recent form letter which you apparently sent out to the parents of all of the students of both the East High School and West High School. I'm no math "expert", but it is quite clear to me that you need some serious remedial assistance yourself. In fact, I showed your form letter to my son who nearly died laughing. Then I showed it to my husband, and he only asked what our tax payer dollars were actually supporting.

The problem with your letter is very simple, Mr. Benson. You have failed to properly report the West High School testing results, which leads me to question whether there were, perhaps, any other administrative inaccuracies in this entire process. For the 2007 year, you labeled the scores as follows:

Superior: 18%

Proficient: 52%

Deficient: 20%

As I mentioned already, Mr. Benson, I'm no expert, but I am pretty clear on my arithmetic, certainly clear enough to note that your percentages only add up to 90%. As a result, the data you have provided is obviously both erroneous and useless as a practical measurement of improvement, at least as it applies to the student population of the West High School.

Mr. Benson, my son, ever the quick witted sarcastic devil he has become lately, was in absolute fits of laughter when he suggested that YOU might be in need of these competency tests, and YOU might be in need of such test taking and remediation with diapers.

Having said that, my son, my husband, and myself are all appreciative of your desire to smooth things over as well as can be accomplished. Please consider this a formal request to transfer my son to the West High School. If your letter was written with sincerity, I reckon there should be no difficulties whatsoever with this transfer, and that it should be conducted very quickly.

I'm also sending along a copy of this letter to The Sunny Vail Times in hopes that they publish it to allow for even further, and in my opinion, much needed discussion. Mr. Benson, if we can not trust you with a simple math problem, how can we parents trust your teachers with the far more complex task of preparing the children for the Schedule 4 Competency Exam, if that is even in their best interests in the first place? I am sure that the editor of the paper will want to ask you and others at both the administrative level and teaching level some very similar questions. Their investigative reporting has always been top notch. Maybe that investigative reporting can help bring about the REAL change we seem to be needing here.

Sincerely,

Heather Smithers

[DiaperBoyKR]

Dear Mrs. Smithers,

Thank you for bringing this recent letter to the attention of my investigative reports team.

We here at the Sunny Vail Times have been concerned recently about the policies that have been enacted at East High School both as reporters of the news, as members of the local community and as parents who also have children who attend the local high schools. As such, our investigative reports bureau has already begun an investigation into this matter, and the differences in methods used in both West High School and East High School. We hope to have the report completed and ready for publication sometime before the next Schedule 4 examination period, which I am told will be within the next few months.

Unfortunately at this time, I cannot reveal the results of our discoveries, but I assure that we are working hard to ensure that this issue is fully covered.

Speaking personally as a concerned parent, I too have a student who attend East High School, and am extremely worried about the attitudes exhibited by the school. I firmly believe that Mr. Campbell has stepped beyond his role as an educator and is strictly concerned about getting the maximum amount of funding for his school. My own daughter gets completely distraught any time the tests come around over the idea of wearing only a diaper to classes during the test, and the concept of having to use the diaper should she need to relieve herself. I have received innummerable letters describing the same sort of concerns from other parents all over the district. As a parent with a student in the school in question, I have recused myself from the investigation, and have left it up to our senior reporters, so I know that the report will be unbiased. I hope that it will address some of your concerns.

If you have any additional information, please do not hesitate to contact either myself or Ryan Athrawes, my lead reporter, here at the newspaper.

Sincerely Yours,

Roger Smithfield

Editor-in-Chief, Sunny Vail Times

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Dear Mr. Campbell

I'm writing this letter to tell you how I feel about your new policy about making the students wear diapers during testing. I think it is a very disgusting idea. My daughters Molly and Elizabeth are straight A students. I know you are concerned about all the students doing well so you can get more funding, but have you given any thought to the long term effects of what your policy is going to do to their students mentally? I highly doubt you have or you would have gotten rid of this stupid policy. I talked to a friend of mine who is a lawyer. She said what you are doing is bordelining on mental child abuse and she told me. That if I chose to not put my daughters into diapers. There is nothing you can do about it. So Mr. Campbell. That is what I chose to do. If I find out you went against my wishes. I will be suit against you and the school district. My group would like to see this policy done away with. We feel it is unneccesary and will cause mental problems for these students down the road. This is only the beginning. From here we are going to get more vocal about this policy. If we are not listened to. We are prepared to become thorns in your side. We hope it doesn't come to that,but we feel that strong about our position against making students wear diapers during tests.

Signed

Dr. Maria Desoto

Concerned Parent and founder of P.A.D.S. (Parents Against Diapered Students)

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The front page of the Sunny Vail Gazette, a much smaller local paper, ran this story in the bottom right corner of the front page:

Diaper Factory Explosion Kills 2, Injures 60

The small diaper factory built on the heels of the passage of the Schedule 4 Competency Exams legislation exploded. Investigators combing the scene believe it might have been a deliberate act.

Paul Kellihastman, the owner of the former factory said, "We found traces of explosive material, actually much more than traces, and this material is not normally used in the manufacturing process of diapers. As a result, we believe this explosion was no accident."

"We're going on the same assumption at this time," said police commissioner Harold Chansky. "Every indication is that this was a controlled explosion specifically designed to destroy the factory. While many of us in the police force can sympathize with the uproar against the current diaper testing policy, none of us are willing to sympathize with acts of destruction like this. The perpetrator will be caught and brought to justice."

When asked if there were any suspects, Chanksy said, "Not yet, but we expect to have more information to release about that in the next few hours. We are waiting on some additional lab test results which we think might yield some DNA."

A reporter from the Sunny Vail Times asked, "Mr. Commissioner, given the great outcry against the diaper testing policy at the East High School, do you think it is likely that the perpetrator of this crime is affiliated somehow with the goings on at that school?"

"I'm not going to comment about an ongoing investigation," Chansky said, "but I will say this: we should have a lot more to tell you tomorrow."

Among the dead were two employees of the factory who, records we have obtained indicate, were illegal aliens working in sweatshop-like conditions. The injured included a combination of employees and tourists who had come to look at the building from the outside. No names have been released pending notification of family and next of kin.

[DiaperBoyKR]

This is a work of fiction, all references or similiarities to real life persons are strictly coincidental. Some characters may have been borrowed from other stories.

This article appeared in the Sunny Vail Times, Front Page

Headline: High Schoolers in Diapers?

Ryan Athrawes- Sunny Vail Times

TRENTON- There's something smelly going on at the local school district and it has the parents of this quiet suburban community up in arms. Its not the usual suspects you would expect in in High School setting: poor food, dirty facilties, under performing sports programs, or not enough variety in after school activities. Rather it is over a controversial new testing program that the school has required: that during federally mandated tests, all of the students of East High School must wear diapers.

The school instituted this program initially as a method to lower the amount of disruption during test times. Students would be offered a minimum of bathroom breaks during the testing period and as such it was strongly encouraged that the students be provided with "absorbent undergarments". Since then, following a period of accusations of cheating, the diaper testing program has become considerably stricter. Students are now required to disrobe, don a school provided diaper, and proceed to a testing room. Girls are permitted to wear a school provided t-shirt to maintain modesty in class, but aside from that no clothes are allowed. No bathroom breaks are provided during the testing period itself, although there are changing periods alotted during lunch breaks.

The school initially triggered this program to bring about a higher level of scoring on the Federal testing, however, the diaper program has spread much further than the original testing dates. Remedial classes for students that failed to gain satisfactory grades have been instituted at East High School. Given the limited amount of time for these classes, the administration decided to restrict the issuance of bathroom passes during these classes and students are required to wear diapers during these classes. Should they not have time to change between their final class and their remedial class, students are expected to be diapered throughout the day. In addition, all of the Special Education and Learning Disability class programs have been converted to full diapered classes, as the administration has decided that students in these programs should not be issued a hall pass for any reason to limit disruptions schoolwide.

This sudden emphasis on diapering high school age teenagers has many parents in the community deeply concerned, although actual opinion on this matter is severely split. Many parents oppose this action, but some support the choice of the school administration. In the course of our investigation, we have spoken with many individual students and their parents.

One of the foremost opponents of the diapering program has been Mrs. Heather Smithers. Her son, Brent, is a student at East High School, and is one of the students who was most vocally opposed to the diaper testing program. Mrs. Smithers has gone from initially supportive of the diapering initiative to firmly critical of it. She states that her opposition of it stems primarily to the effect that she has seen it have on her son. Her son, whom she describes as a very bright boy, has gone from being a very outgoing studious child to a introverted troublemaker. According to Mrs. Smithers, Brent seems to be using the intellect he previously applied to his studies to practical jokes and pranks designed to embarrass the school administration. This seems to have stemmed primarily from the school decision to place him in a SE/LD program following some of his early protests regarding the school's diapering policy.

Similarly, other parents have reported consistent signs of mental distress in students that showed no signs of it prior to the institution of the diapered testing policy and the accompanying remedial classes. Students have exhibited many different problems overall in this regard. Some parents have reported that their children have begun having loss of bladder and even bowel control during stressful times of the testing calendar. Other parents have reported that students have been so distraught that they have begun having nighttime wetting issues that had not previously manifested themselves.

One parent that we have talked to said that their son had become so obsessed with passing the tests and avoiding the remedial classes that he literally locks himself in his room and studies every hour of the day, even on weekends. "His social life has disappeared literally overnight. Jim is so concerned about being forced to spend more of his time in diapers that he has cut himself off from friends and activities that he used to love so that he can continue to study. I'm getting really worried about this," reported his mother. "He was always a great student, who consistently scores well in his classes. But he doesn't do well on standardized tests, and he barely scored a 'proficient' in the last round of Schedule 4 exams. He doesn't want to run the risk of scoring lower than that I guess."

We talked with the counseling staff at East High School about these trends. Although they could not discuss individual cases with us, we were informed that over the course of the last semester, counseling visits had risen by nearly 350% after having stayed roughly level for nearly 5 years. Those visits apparently cluster around the period of the Schedule 4 examinations, a period of time the counselor tells us is already a busy time of the year.

During the course of our interviews, we did find some students who not only had no problems with the testing policy but have openly embraced it.

One student, who asked to remain anonymous, stated that he felt the diaper policy was one of the best ideas that the school administration has had in a long time. "I love the diapers. It lets me stay completely focused on what I am doing. Whether I'm studying, typing a paper, taking a test, or just sitting in lecture, I can keep my mind on my studies and off of my bladder. I've pretty much completely started wearing diapers any time I'm at school or working on schoolwork."

When we talked with his parents about this, they seemed to be in favor of this new situation as well. "He had previously been only a mediocre student, but since Mr. Campbell introduced the diaper program at school, his grades have skyrocketed. He doesn't seem to work all that much more than he had before, but the quality of his work has improved significantly. Even his test scores have done well. If thats what it takes, we will definitely help him stay in diapers whenever he's working on his schoolwork."

The question though arises if the positive effects that it has for the few are worth it for the overall student body of East High School.

We contacted Mr. Campbell's office to request an interview with him and his administration, but we were declined. Instead we received an extensive written letter regarding the situation at the school. Several times during the letter, Mr. Campbell stated that he has consistently discussed this issue with parents throughout the school district, and has tired of doing so. He states that it is his decision as school administrator to make as to how to proceed with complying with Federally-mandated testing. Further, he states that the diapering program has been thoroughly examined by both the school district's legal department and that of the State Department of Education. He has been assured that the program complies with relevant State and local law codes, and would withstand a legal challenge in the courts.

In addition, he states that all students have agreed to comply with the diapering policy in a legal contract which they sign at the beginning of the school year. On the first day of school, all students receive a copy of the student handbook and code of conduct. They and their parents are required to sign a statement saying that they agree to comply with all of the policies and procedures outlined in the code of conduct to "include all testing, study, lecture, and anti-cheating policies". Failure to comply with the said policies could result in "expulsion, suspension, or remandment of the student to Learning Disability/Emotional Distress courses". After consulting with our own legal counsel, we were informed that this document does in fact carry the force of a legal contract between the parent, student and the school.

In the letter we were informed that the diapering program was in fact suggested by the Department of Education as a potential method to cut down on distractions during the testing. He also posits that the diapering method has been a sucessful proven method in encouraging educational development and behavior especially in remedial cases. We will come back to these point later in the article.

Mr. Campbell also insisted that if parents do disagree with this policy, their only option is to remove the students from the school. The options that they have within the school district are either to request a transfer to West High School (which does not employ the diapered testing policy), place their student in a private school, or homeschool their children. However, if parents choose to take one of the last two choices, they must prove to the school system that they are placed in a satisfactory program, or under local law, the school system can force the students back to East High School under the truancy program.

Further, Mr. Campbell stated in the letter that he believes this program has been so sucessful that "(he) is considering the extension of the program to other testing cycles such as the SAT and ACT programs."

We decided to take a look at some of the underlying assumptions in this program however.

First, we looked at the fact that students have the option to transfer out of the school or seek other schooling options for their children. The school seems to adopt this as the primary line of defense in any discussion with parents (i.e. if you don't agree with the program, simply transfer your kid). The problem here is that there's only a limited amount of transfer ability capable of being achieved in the school system. West High School is in fact an older and smaller school than East High School, being that it was the school district's original school. As such, the school is already near its capacity simply servicing the number of students that are in its part of the school district. Although student transfer requests are a fact of life in the school district and are generally approved, such approvals rely on the availability of a slot in the requested school. We spoke with Mrs. Jean Rivers at the school district's student affairs office regarding this situation. "We generally see about 12-15 total student requests for a school or a school transfer during the course of an average school year. Since East High School has started their new testing program however, we have had 213 outgoing student transfer requests from that school alone out of a student body of 1400. Unfortunately, we simply don't have the space at West High School to accommodate all of those requests. We are approving those requests on an 'as available' basis, and by prioritizing the requests based on situation, but the simple fact remains that the vast majority of those requests are going to have to be declined."

Second, the concept of sending a student to a private school in our area is generally not an available option to most students in the school district. There are only 3 private high schools within an hours commute from the area, and all three of them are Christian high schools or are very selective about the students that they accept. Further, all three schools have tuition costs which average $400 or more per month. The Trenton area does not offer school vouchers to parents of students who choose to pursue an alternate education course, so sending students to other schools is not generally an option for most parents.

Third, the option of homeschooling would not serve to separate students from the diapering policy at the school. Although the school district recognizes homeschooling as a viable education option, parents are still required to comply with the Schedule 4 examination schedule. Accoriding Jim Seaward, the school's legal counsel, "Students are required to attend the school they normally would have been assigned to on those days, and are expected to comply with the school's policies required for testing. This would include the diapering policy in the case of East High School."

Fourth is the concept that this diapering program was suggested by the Department of Education itself. We found out during the course of our research that this is fundamentally not the case, or at least not in the degree that East High School has taken it to. We spoke to Ms. Marla Pritchart at the DoE regarding the situation at East High. She informed us that under no circumstances was a program like that recommended to any school administrator. The only way that her office had recommended diaper use was "when students had a history of small bladder issues, or of urge/stress incontinence." Using diapers in those cases would "promote a level of confidence to those students, and limit the overall level of distraction to other students due to constant movement in the classroom."

Fifth is the concept the diapered testing and diapered remedial program have in fact improved testing scores in the school for the Schedule 4 examinations. However, various examinations have suggested that this may not be the case. Recently, in a letter sent from the school to parents regarding the testing, a set of data was provided purporting to show the improvements of the schools during the current testing cycles. The letter stated that the score percentages for the schools were as follows:

2007 Superior Proficient Deficient

East H.S. 12% 58% 30%

West H.S. 18% 52% 20%**

2008 Superior Proficient Deficient

East H.S. 15% 65% 20%

West H.S 20% 61% 19%

Unfortunately, the data for West High School for 2007 is incomplete, as the percentages seem to be inaccurate (they only add up to 90%). We discovered that the error was merely a data entry error and that the deficient percentage should also be 30% for West High School in 2007. However, the data listed for 2008 does not take into account the second set of examinations that were recently administered in November. They only account for the first set of examinations where the diapering policy was in effect. We obtained the scoring data from the State Department of Education for both period of time, and the data for 2008 stacks up this way:

2008 Superior Proficient Deficient

East H.S. 9% 72% 19%

West H.S. 22% 64% 14%

As you can see, although both East High and West High have improved their overall Proficient/Superior numbers from 2007, East High has actually clumped more of its students into the merely Proficient category instead of showing the overall improvement that West High has exhibited.

What might be the reason for this? We explored the claim that diapering process has been used at other schools for disturbed or remedial students. This claim seems to be again overstated by the administration. We were only able to find 6 facilities in the entire United States that utilized a diapering process during testing or to encourage rehabilitation of wayward students. In their cases rehabilitation is the correct term as well. All 6 facilities are secure remedial facilities/schools that focus on retraining teenagers who have run afoul of the law, or have been committed there by their parents. All students attending these facilities must be placed there by court order, or by knowing agreement of their parents with psychological consent.

We contacted one of these schools, the Washington Facility for Girls, and spoke with Helen Smith, the Principal/Warden of the facility. During the course of the conversation we discovered that the diapering procedure in her school is part of an overall rehabilitation course for the girls that are placed with her. It is not used in isolation, rather is part of what appears to be a deliberate regression of the girls to an earlier age situation to promote the redevelopment of attitudes and behaviors. We discussed the particulars of the situation at East High School and Mrs. Smith seemed genuinely concerned about it. "At Washington, we use the diapers to encourage the development of new attitudes and new beginnings. The girls under our care take significant time to adjust to having to wear diapers and utilize them as they are intended. This process can take as much as 45 days. To expect a toilet trained individual such as the students at your school to simply begin wearing and using diapers is completely unrealistic, especially when the situation in question involves sitting on a desk chair that is generally uncomfortable. Most teens and adults are so conditioned against voiding into their pants that it would literally be impossible."

We also talked briefly about the mental issues that seemed to be arising at the school. "I can't say that I'm completely surprised by the increase in counselor visits and other issues that have been described. Whether consciously or unconsciously, the ability to control our bodily functions is a major part of our ego. When a non-regressed individual is essentially forced to void into their pants, it is a major humilation that can trigger a serious mental break. Without the mechanisms to control and direct that mental breakdown, there are can be serious problems that arise. In the case of what we are doing here at Washington, we have the mechanism in place to direct that mental break into a full rehabilitation and retraining program. In the situation that you are describing at your school, to me as a medical and psychological professional, it sounds like it borders on mental abuse of the students, if it doesn't cross the line. This is especially true when the students seem to have little or no recourse to release from the diapering policy. I would expect to see some more observable acts of defiance and perhaps even violence from students who are being forced to wear diapers under this program."

My conversation with Warden Smith took on a new light following the events of recent days. A few months ago we saw the vandalism of East High with a variety of anti-diaper graffitti, but just a week ago, there was a violent explosion at a local diaper plant that provides a fair amount of the diapers used at East High. Several people were injured and 2 people killed in the explosion there. Sources in the police department tell me that they are seriously looking at certain students from East High that they were fairly certain were involved in the earlier graffitti incident. If this was an expression of anger toward the school, this may only be the first expression of violence or of a mental break on the part of one of the students.

In light of everything that we discovered during the course of this investigation, we do not believe that this program is in the best interests of the students at East High. The support mechanisms do not seem to be in place to assist students with adjusting to wearing diapers during the schooling hours. Further, this is obviously having a significant impact on the mental states of students within the schools as evidenced by the rise in counseling sessions. In addition, there seems to be no evidence that this program is triggering a significant growth of success of the students in the tests. Indeed it seems to be causing a backsliding effect on those students that had previously been performing well on the examinations. As an impartial outside observer, I would strongly suggest to the East High School administration to either cease the diapered testing policy or to make it voluntary. Those students that continue to desire to make use of the diapers provided by the school should continue to benefit from the program, but those that choose to withdraw from it should be able to do so with no additional backlash from the school. I would also encourage parents to continue to make your voices strongly heard to the school administration and school board on this matter.

Ryan Athrawes is a senior correspondent with the Sunny Vail Times, and bureau head of the Investigative Reporting office.

[underwhere]

Dear Mr. Smithfield,

I picked up my copy of the Sunny Vale Times today, and read the article titled "High Schoolers in Diapers?" I had previously copied a letter I wrote to Mr. Benson, the school board president, to the Sunny Vale Times. I received a wonderful reply from you and waited patiently for the report you mentioned would be forthcoming. Please pass along my sincere appreciation to Ryan Athrawes for an absolutely fantastic job of investigative reporting on this case. I am planning to bring along a copy of this report, actually several copies, to the next public school board meeting. I hope at that time we might be able to get some answers to the problems raised in the report.

The article was very enlightening to me in a number of different areas. I had no idea about the depths to which these problems had permeated the entire East High School, nor did I have any inkling of understanding about how these policies were formed. Armed with this knowledge, I am now prepared to head up a protest at the school. I will keep you informed so you will be able to send a reporter to cover that story, but it will have to be on short notice in order for the protest to have the maximum effect possible. I'm sure you can understand the sensitivity of this kind of issue.

Once again, thank you for allowing your paper to take up the call on this very important issue. Your collective efforts are significantly appreciated.

Sincerely,

Heather Smithers

P.S. I've read this article to my husband and my son as well, and both of them wish to agree with everything I've written here.

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Sunny Vail Times August 14

CONTROVERSIAL SCHOOL DIAPERING TO CONTINUE

Amidst controversy as to it's efficacy, the program to diaper students during standardized testing and certain other times will continue this year. School board president James Best says that comments have come down hard on both sides of the issue. He hopes that the policy of allowing free transfers between East and West (where no diapering is required) High Schools will tone down the controversy. "We've had a large number of transfers, but oddly, nearly as many have transferred into the East facility as have left. The school board has scrutinized Mr. Campbell's policies to make sure things are not done in a discriminatory fashion." One of the complaints was that many Special Education students were forced into diapers. "This isn't true," states Mr. Campbell, "That was a decision made by the parents and teachers during each students Individual Educational Plan meetings. I welcome the inspection of our policies by parents and the school board."

School starts August 25 for all public schools in town.

[underwhere]

Sunny Vale Gazzette, September 12

Peeping Tom Sought

The Sunny Vale Gazzette has begun receiving reports from some parents that the most cantankerous students are being placed in diapers as a specific form of punishment without the approval of parents, not just in response to the current testing regimen as had previously been revealed. In addition, these students are not being permitted to change their own diapers, but instead must have their diapers changed for them by either teachers, nurses, or school administrators. Changing stations have been set up at various locations around the East High School. This appears to be in direct contradiction to superintendent Joseph Campbell's previous statements on the matter.

In addition, several hidden cameras were discovered around these changing stations yesterday. The police were called and an investigation is underway to determine who may have put the cameras there, and for what purpose.

At a news conference held yesterday afternoon, police commissioner Harold Chansky revealed the discoveries. "This disturbs me greatly," he said. "We don't yet know where these cameras were sending their images, but we estimate that this crime against privacy was being committed at least since school opened for this year, and possibly a lot longer. They were very well hidden."

"In addition," Chansky continued, "it appears that Mr. Campbell has been knowingly making false statements to us and to the public concerning a diaper regimen being part of a child's Individual Education Plan (IEP). While it may be true that some students do have this on their record, many parents have reported that their child's IEP did not contain such a notation, and their children are reporting to them that they are being diapered anyway."

"On a much more disturbing note," Chansky continued, "my department has been receiving reports that students who are not permitted to change their own diapers have often become victims of sexual abuse during the diaper changing process. Some parents have been reporting to my department that their children are reporting to them that during a diaper change, some students are being masturbated by the teacher, nurse, or administrator whose task it is to change them. At least two children were reportedly spanked for refusing to be masturbated. We know who these perpetrators are, and they have already been reported to Joseph Campbell, the school superintendent. Charges will be pressed, and we will keep the entire community up to date with as much information about this heinous crime as we can."

Chansky concluded, "If your child was a victim of this crime, please contact my office. We are in the process of arranging counseling for all such children, and the police department is launching a criminal investigation of negligence against the school and its administrators, including Mr. Campbell, for cultivating conditions where these type of crimes could be forseeably committed. In addition, those who have committed these acts will also face prosecution."

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Parents and Students--

First, I'd like to welcome all the new students who have transfered in and welcome

back all our returning students.

As requested by many parents, we have upgraded the quality of diapers on hand.

The new "Wellness Briefs" are extremely absorbent and tests during summer school

were very successful. We've also opened two changing rooms year round to better

serve student needs (to supplement the additional ones operated during th NCLB

testing periods). These provide clean, private areas for student changes. We do

however ask to avoid congestion at the beginning of the day, that students who

are to start the day in diapers, change into them at home.

To clarify this years policy, students who are in a restricted lavatory situation

are the only ones required to wear and use diapers. Restriction policy is outlined

below. Students are to change their own diapers. There will be no assistance

provided unless instructions signed by a physician are provided.

As for restriction policy. The same restriction during NCLB testing will occur as

last year. At other times the following applies:

1. Remediation classes will be lavatory restricted.

2. Regular classes will be restricted at the discretion of the teacher. Each

teacher has designated either all classes restricted, test days restricted, or

no restriction. Attached are a list of each teacher and their policy.

3. Students in detention and in school suspension will be lavatory restricted.

4. Students caught abusing the lavatories or passes will receive two weeks

of lavatory restriction for the first offense. Subsequent offense will result

in permanent restriction.

5. Students caught smoking will take the smoking cessation course and do

community service in accordance with existing school board policies.

Students will be lavatory restricted until they complete these requirements.

Subsequent offenses will result in permanent restriction.

6. Students who have been suspended or accumulate five office referrals will be

permanently restricted.

7. At the request of a parent, a student will be lavatory restricted for a duration

indicated by the parents request.

Thank you and let's have a great year!

J. Campbell.

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Great, the summer was ending an the letter from our psycho diaper-crazy principal came.

Not content with having us diapered up for the standardized testing, now there's a half

a dozen new ways you could end up in diapers. Teachers get to decide if they want

their classes diapered. I dug through the list to find out if any of my teachers were

similarly crazy. Ms. Sales, English...no diapers, good. Mr. Phillips, no diapers. On

a roll. Mrs. Gardner, Chemistry...exams only. OK, not as great but at least not every

day. Mr. Lewis, Math, exams only. Mr Bryant, Gym, no diapers (that would be wierd),

Mr. Tyler, shop, no diapers. Mrs. Girard, French. Diapers!

Ugh, well at least it was first period. I could ditch them as soon as I got out of French.

Right before school started I got another mail with my official schedule. Period number,

room, subject, teacher as usual, but another "status" column that was new. In each

class, the column read "**DIAPERS".

"This is messed up," I said out loud to nobody.

"What's up?" mom asked?

"This schedule has DIAPERS marked on every class including lunch, gym and home room.

I checked my teachers on the list before and only Madame Girard was doing the diaper

thing everyday."

"Oh, I forgot to tell you. Your father and I decided to opt you in."

"Opt me in?"

"Yes, see here on the list of lavatory restrictions. It can be done at the request of

your parents."

"Wha...Why?"

"Well you did do much better in the remediation class when you were diapered and

we figured rather than the fuss of getting in and out of them as the day goes on

whether you have exams or not, we'd just have you wear them all the time."

I was dumbfounded.

"I've even already picked up your diapers so we can make sure your new school

pants fit over them."

[peelover]

Please continue this story.

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Not really my story, someone else started it, some of us just jumped in with some other short takes (sort of like a more thought out Role Play).

Anyhow, here's another installment:

Here I am, another day at "diaper central" high. It was a two years ago I hadn't even hardly heard of

diapers when he started to have to wear them for the standardized tests. This year, I'm wearing them

everyday. Ugh.

But it's testing time again. The whole school is turned upside down why we comply with some stupid

federal law. It's the first time I've been in the building however that I'm not wearing a diaper, but

that wont be for long. The one shining part of this is getting to see the girls naked.

A little slap across my back and "C'mon boy, lets get naked."

I smile, it's Crystal, and she's already pulling off the t-shirt and shorts she's wearing and flinging

them in her locker. I do the same with mine. Yes, I learned from her last year. No point in

underwear.

A naked Jim hops by, "It's the most wonderful time of the year!" he starts singing. Jim really

likes being naked. "Hey did you hear about Joey Vernon?"

"No? Hey you know I haven't seen him at all this year, come to think of it."

"Expelled"

"What?"

"Kicked out for cheating on last years exam."

"What? How?"

"He hid the crib sheet in his rear."

"Really?"

"Yep, pulled the answers right out of his ass!"

We all laughed at this.

The warning bell rang and off the herd of naked students went to their respective

exam rooms. I knew the drill, the proctor would take a look to make sure we had

nothing written on us or in our hands and we'd be handed a diaper and we'd go

in and wait for the test.

Arriving at the door, I held out my arms for inspection.

"Turn around," the proctor commanded. A gloved finger went into my rectum.

I nearly screaed. "Relax, just checking for smuggled answers." He handed me

a diaper and I went. Darn that Joey Vernon.

After my morning exam I headed over to the cafeteria for lunch. As usual there

were a mix of students who had gotten redressed, those naked, and those like me

sitting around in their diapers from the morning test. I spot Jim and Crystal.

Jim's naked again of course, Crystal is wearing her diaper like me.

"So did you like getting Joey'd?" Jim asked.

"No, diapers were bad enough without having a finger jammed up your ass."

"You boys are lucky. Not just up my ass, I had the darn proctor sticking her

fingers up my vagina."

Anyhow, we started to eat. As we stood to leave, I paused without thinking

and started to pee. A month of wearing diapers to school and I've begun

not to think twice about it.

"I know that look," Crystal said giggling. "My baby brother gets it."

She looked down at my diaper to see the wet stain growing through the

plastic.

I looked a little embarassed. "Yeah, my mom signed me up for lavatory

restriction all day. I haven't been in side a school bathroom this year."

"You're not missing much."

"I guess not."

Well it was time to strip this wet diaper off and head off for my afternoon

ass poking and exam. "See you all at the end of the day!"

[underwhere]

Dear Mr. Campbell,

Aren't you sick and tired of me yet? I mean, really, do you enjoy students like me deliberately lowering the average scores on the Schedule 4 Competancy Exam? I happen to know that this time around, I wasn't the only one. I was able to recruit at least 10 other students that I know of to put a dent in your school funding budget. I do not know how many more students they were able to convince to join us on this charade. I got to say though, your administrative performance-based bonus in your contract (public record since you are a public employee, by the way) is looking pretty shaky right now.

So, Mr. Campbell, when are you planning to come to the school in diapers yourself?

About as insincerely yours as possible,

Brent Smithers

[Guest Little Kcids Wear Diapers]

I read this all in one go, and I have to say two things

1: Nice

2: I hope you'll post more soon.

[underwhere]

Little Kcids Wear Diapers, feel free to join in and create a character. The more the merrier. If you are looking for a hint, so far, Brent's buddies have remained unnamed.

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Jim's Story

The alarm goes off and I'm tempted to press the snooze alarm but....It's testing day! I leap out of my bed For many kids at our school it's a day of dread, but I like it. I like being naked and I like seeing the girls naked. If it was for more than the one day it would be great. I pop off into the shower, got to be clean and sweet smelling for this.

I've got the water running and I'm about ready to get in when there's a knock at the door followed immediately by mom pushing her way in. She's holding the "bag."

"Sheesh mom," a little privacy, "and I don't want that thing."

"Since when did you ever give a hoot about being seen naked," mom answered, "and besides, you know you don't want to risk having to poop those school diapers again."

Of course, she's right so I lean up against the sink. The pipe of the enema hose gets pushed up against my rear and then inside. I hear the click and brace my self for the cold flow of water rushing into me. Pain builds for a minute and mom pulls the pipe out of me. I plop down on the toilet and expel noisily. Mom's refilling the bag "for good measure" and the process is repeated. "Have a nice day," she says as she leaves the room.

Well, it's going to have to get better I think as I step into the shower and start lathering up.

After my shower I grab what will be today's interim outfit. Pair of running shorts, a t-shirt and flip flops. It'd be great if I could just head out to school the way I am now, but that won't fly. I go down stairs, grab a pop tart and make my way out to the bus.

There's other kids in sweats, PJ's, and regular clothes waiting. Those of us dressed lightly know we're just going to take them off. There's a hushed buzz going on as we board the bus. It's a short ride for me and soon I'm off the bus and through the front doors. Off with my shirt and shorts and off to my locker. I feel better already. Students are milling around but most haven't gotten on with getting undressed yet but I spy a few choice babes in the buff.

I get to my locker and open it and throw my stuff in and kick my flip-flops in. Crystal brushes by giving me my first smile of the day and opens up her locker and starts to undress. "Having fun?" she asks.

"Of course, this is what I live for...keep on with what you are doing."

Fortunately Crystal isn't shy at all. The halls are filling up now, and more and more students are stripping down. I decide to take a brief tour of the building before the warning bell. Off to the assigned testing room. The proctors are checking people for contraband: smuggled crib sheets, writing on their arms and the like. I wait paitently inl line. I get my cursory check and the dweeb hands me a diaper.

"I'm not wearing that," I say, "I'd rather be naked."

"You got to," says the proctor, "What if you have to go?"

I snatch the thing from his hand. "I'll take it with me, but I'm not putting it on unless I need to use it."

That seems to appease him and he turns to the next student in line. I take a last look at the naked hoards in the hall and head inside.

The room's about half full of kids sitting around clad only in their diaper. I take a seat and throw the diaper under my chair.

"Aren't you going to put that on?" the kid next to me asks.

"Nope, I'm just going to keep it for emergencies. But frankly, if I gotta go, I ought to just pee on the floor. That should PISS them off." I chuckle...sometimes I'm so witty I amaze myself. Several students who heard that laugh as well.

"I don't know which is worse, wearing the diaper, or being completely naked" the girl next to me says.

"Not to me, I'd rather be naked."

"At least a diaper covers your privates up," she says, "The diaper does nothing about girl's having their breasts exposed."

"And pretty ones they are." I smile back.

Bring on that freaking exam!

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Parents and Students,

We're looking forward to another wonderful year here at East Magnet High School. We'd like to welcome all the students transferring for the neighboring schools. Now that enrollment is 100% voluntary, we're happy with the number of parents and students who have chosen to attend here. We're looking forward to another fine showing on the Schedule iV exams. As you know we have both the highest scores in the state and rank number one in the improvements between the fall and spring testing.

The building renovations this summer are now completed. All restrooms have now been converted into changing rooms to accommodate our diapers-only policy. Students can pick their schedules any time during next week from 8AM to 3PM. They can also pick up their starter package of diapers at the same time. Classes start September 6 at 8AM and we're looking forward to seeing everybody ready to go that morning!

Welcome to the new students and welcome back to our returning ones.

Joseph Campbell

Principal

[Bonsai]

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TO: Students and Parents at East Magnet

FROM: J Campbell, Principal

SUBJECT: New diapers

We are pleased to announce we have switched diaper suppliers to RDDL. RDDL makes a high quality, highly absorbant product.

As it has come to our attention that many students don't wish to be bothered changing during the day, we have chosen this product

for it's excellent performance that will decrease the chances of rash or other irritation in students who chose not to change frequently.

We feel that more students will avail themselves of the additional instructional time that can be gained by omitting excessive diaper

changing during the day.