Category — Buffalo

Good for Cheektowaga Central Middle School for instituting a little discipline.  Schools are educational institutions first and foremost.  Social activities, sports, and clubs are privileges that should be linked to academic performance.

Of course, not everyone is happy: 

Critics of the tough-love approach cite studies showing that students active in extracurricular activities tend to perform better in class, and they worry that without structured activities after school, troubled youngsters will be more apt to find trouble.

So the D and F students get involved in debate and Model UN?  This is like sampling the Harvard Law class and declaring that extra curricular activities increase LSAT performance.  Something tells me the debate team didn’t lose half its members when the GPA requirement got instituted. 

Whiney liberal educators need to straighten out their priorities.  Being told you can’t attend a dance stings for a day; being stupid handicaps you for a lifetime.