Talk of Lufkin

By The Champ

October 29, 2009 3:47 PM | Link to this

Today at 11:07 AM someone one this board who seems to have a penchant for pointing out the innumerable spelling and grammar issues on this discussion board made a grievous spelling error themselves; they cannot spell exercise. Way to go Genius!!!

By new to area

October 29, 2009 3:50 PM | Link to this

lovetoteach:thank you for your friendly reminder, very kind of you. I guess the entire point was who cares about spelling and grammer in this type of setting. BELLYRINGS ? so what? who cares about her bellyrings? I have seen it mentioned a couple of time here now, but I dont understand how that relates to two adult men behaving as they did. Sorry be because I have not finished my doctoral yet. Sorry.

By Gary Guilliams

October 29, 2009 4:42 PM | Link to this

The bellyring realates because this was all started with the student going against what she said. And, the students with piercings are angry because there have been multiple time that we have seen her bellybutton ring and she doesnt take it out during school hours but other student have to take theres out. Just another one of those things that mad students angry and that eventually led to this.

By red devil fan

October 29, 2009 4:55 PM | Link to this

If you are unhappy with your school board, please run for election or attend meetings to be heard. Without any real action, your comments are useless.

If you are unhappy with your school, please attempt to use the proper channels and chain of command to voice your concerns. Ranting is useless.

If your child doesn’t follow the rules, please realize that there are real consequences. Excuses are useless.

Here is a newsflash - 95% of educators go into the business for KIDS!! There must however be rules to have an environment condusive to education. (We have them in society too. They are called LAWS).

This year at HHS has been very disruptive to the educational process. Poor teachers…poor kids!

By GoodLord!

October 29, 2009 4:59 PM | Link to this

This is starting to sound like a made-for-TV movie along the lines of the murderous cheerleader Mama in Channelview…

By jigstx

October 29, 2009 5:01 PM | Link to this

Officer Jinkins as much as I commend you, I think you should stop rubbing elbows with the likes of these two felons. They mean no more than the rest in here and you should have hog tied them both with silver bracelets and prevented them from coming back to that campus. Your actions or inactions could have caused a catrastrophy for someones family. There are beautiful people I care about in that community! At first I thought ok over the incident and then second thought… you let an armed assailent walk away… Must be on the buddy program!!!

By Erica Bray

October 29, 2009 5:02 PM | Link to this

The Kids involved were good students and had never been in trouble before this year. They stood up for themselves and they didn’t even break any rules. They are almost 18 and the next time there is an election they will be able to vote. They have an opinion and I’m glad that they stood up for themselves. Some of the kids involved were being harassed for no reason. If they didn’t stand for something than they would have fallen for everything. There may be consequences for breaking the rules. But they didn’t break any.

By ETN

October 29, 2009 5:17 PM | Link to this

Red Devil Fan, you hit the nail on the head.

By Somebody

October 29, 2009 5:42 PM | Link to this

Mrs.Williams is a mid life crisis a bellybutton ring are you kidding me she should not be allowed as the Huntington high school principal

By gottaenough

October 29, 2009 7:05 PM | Link to this

All these comments are just plain trash talk. Parents should teach thier kids respect.This new generation don’t want respect for authority. Quit talking about the problem its everywhere. So what this is a small town. Let the justice system handle this. I have a child that is in HHS, the stories I hear. Yes Huntington has problem from Board members to Teacher don’t all schools. All these people posting comments it just not what happen they are talking about stuff that didn’t happen. Let me add parents start controlling your kids. Talk time out with them ,listen to them & teach them about the Bible. This goes for all Even the one that club on Sat. night then run to church on Sunday.

By new to area

October 29, 2009 7:05 PM | Link to this

Oh now we see what the bb ring is about. True, true, true. We dont see any problem with anyone having a bb ring, BUT, if you impose a police on the students, it should go for faculty too. no matter the policy, whats good for one is good for the other. Like testing. If a student must be evaluated for grade promotion by taking an exam, our teacher should prove their ability to teach by taking a teaching exam as well.

By richard steel

October 29, 2009 7:19 PM | Link to this

can someone post a summary of what offenses directly led to the altercation between these two fellows?

facebook? expulsion? etc?

or indirect causes: double standards? HISD policies? etc?

By momof3

October 29, 2009 10:43 PM | Link to this

I was stunned when I saw the two men on the front page of the paper..but not surprised it came to this. I don’t know the high school principal but have heard many rumors. I don’t know if any of them are true but her husband was out of line. Granted, I believe Mr. Boston stuck his nose in where he shouldn’t have, it still did not give Mr. Williams the right to pull a bat out. As far as the gun? No, Mr. Boston shouldn’t have pulled it out but how do we know all of the facts. Was Mr. Boston being stalked? Had his family been threatened? No one knows any of this. I can’t say I wouldn’t have done the same thing if I was there. People are crazy! Mr. Boston DID in leave when Officer Jinkins told him to. How many of YOU drop your children off every day with a gun in your vehicle? As far a HISD being a bad school, come on! I have one child in middle school and one in elementary school who attend Huntington. We lived in the LISD district for several years and we paid for our son to attend Huntington. You want to hear problems? Go to Lufkin. There are problems with every school district.

By HHS Junior ;)

October 29, 2009 11:40 PM | Link to this

Dear “Intheknow~” Are you a member of the Junior class? hmm didn’t think so. Therefore i doubt that you were one of the students who came up with “FORGET THE REST!”.. Ohkay so you say its loser mentality? because of an acronym? then lets talk about S.W.A.G. the senior acronym..which is also another name for weed. We really don’t care what people think about it its a class saying not a community thing. Yeah sure people say it F the rest but the juniors know what we decided on the thats all that really matters. It’s not hurting any one. The sign ripping was a misunderstanding and the seniors are aware of this and this is no longer a problem. So if you would like to talk about the Junior class maybe you should know what your talking about before you get comment happy next time!!..

This whole situation has nothing to do with who is a good or bad class. The bottom line is that two Grown men showed up at our school with weapons and someone could have seriously been hurt or worse. So please quit ragging on the junior class or any other class because none of us provoked this and we are the ones dealing with the fallout.

By jigstx

October 30, 2009 1:35 AM | Link to this

Done with these two clowns, go easy on them Huntington, they’re upstanding citizens and outstanding role models

By none

October 30, 2009 3:26 AM | Link to this

new to area: True, teachers and administrators should set a good example and model appropriate behavior, but a couple of your statements do not ring true. First, classroom teachers have already taken a teaching exam as you put it, before they became teachers, so they don’t need to prove that they can teach each time they give the students an exam. Also, in my school district, students must dress according to a uniform dress policy, but teachers do not, as they are adults and as such, are given the benefit of the doubt that they will dress appropriately. There are some things that adults are allowed to do that they may not allow children to do….

By WhatDoWeHaveHere

October 30, 2009 5:47 AM | Link to this

Once again I have to single out Concerned-for…

So you’re saying that because the image of the Red Devil logo is in fact the image of Satan himself and not some cartoon? Because it’s in the colors of black and red? Jesus H Christ! You are as fanatical as they come. Apparently you didn’t drink enough kool-aid the first time around.

Since you’re grief is now about the color of the image in question, how about the school changes it colors to pink, yellow, and lavender. Then they could be called the Huntington Fairies! Oh wait, then you would probably get onto to school’s case again for fostering a homosexual environment.

I’m sad to say it this way, but it’s the Christians like you that give the rest of us a bad name. Once upon a time there was a place for people like you…it was called Jonestown, Guyana.

By WhatDoWeHaveHere

October 30, 2009 6:05 AM | Link to this

As for your comment “if you are called a drug head all your life, you will probally become one”, I have but one thing to say to that…

It’s called free will, strength of character, and self-respect. The Good Lord gave everyone these gifts.

So by using your logic and thought process, I could theoretically tell my own children “one day, you will all become star athletes in insert random sport here” over a given period of time. But does that mean they will become said person? I don’t know that. Just in the same fashion that you don’t know if some random person that’s been told all their life that they will be a “drug-head” will in fact, become one.

Your logic, intelligence, narrow mindedness, all combined with your ultra-conservatism religious beliefs have given birth to one of, if not, the most irrational of hypotheses of all time.

This just in…i’ve been informed that the Jim Jones camp in Guyana has apparently not been used in quite some time and that it doesn’t exist anymore. With that said “Concerned-for”, I have found a new place that best suits your radical beliefs. It’s called the Middle East and it’s over there. You’ll notice it when you start seeing bombs go off and the presence of our military.

By ricky bobby

October 30, 2009 8:25 AM | Link to this

F.T.R

By morgan ralston.

October 30, 2009 8:37 AM | Link to this

as a junior at huntington high school. i think that if your a freshman you have no say about how mr.davis, mr davis was a good principal cause he wasnt worried about if you had a hole in your pants or color in your hair or a ring in your nose. he was concerned about the learning and what you did learn. mrs.williams is too worried about what you wear an look like its p** off the students an they arent worried about there school work. an its just ridiculouse. i mean what does learing have to do with a freakin hole in your pants. an about the FTR you not supporting it is only going to make us want to do it even more. what is it hurting? no one. its a junior class saying. get over it, cause we’re a very rebellious class an we’ll do it wather you like it or not. an about the class banners it was just a big misunderstanding and we fixed it, you dont go to this school so dont put your opinion in about something you really know nothing about. all of this is mrs.williams fault. all the changes and rules and stuff lead up to her husband with a freakin baseball bat. saying that the FTR this is imature you go up to the freakin school with a bat tryin to beat someone up, like how old are you? grow up. thats imature. this is not over we will all rebell and there is nothing she can do about it. she needs to learn that things were fine befor she got here and started changing everything. if she cant stand it she needs to get out, she is in Red Devil Country and we dont take crap from anyone. she needs to deal with her own problems and not have her husband deal with them for her.

By laughing@all

October 30, 2009 10:43 AM | Link to this

To morgan ralston: You go… Tell them how it is… Do what you want to do.. Dont worry about RULES, you entire cless is rebellious, dont take crap from anyone. What would everyone do if the School Board put a uniform policy in place where everyone had to wear the same clothes, I know, you would rebell because you dont take crap from no one. Have fun in the REAL WORLD when you get out of school and you have to deal with ADULT PROBLEMS. GET A LIFE !!!!!

By katgirl

October 30, 2009 10:45 AM | Link to this

The facts are we have school policies for a reason and they need to be enfored ! Mrs Williams is doing that and the parnets and students dont like it… When Mr Davis was principal he didnt enforce them and now that we have someone that is doing that some of the parnets and students want to rebel..Both men were wrong and Mr Boston should have never pulled a gun! For god sakes there were students on that campus! Officer Jinkins does a great job but he should have never let Boston leave with a gun. If anything would have happened it would have been on the school district! Boston encouraging students to rebel with bumper stickers,facebook,air horns,drive by cussings and then lets not forget calling the newspaper to stir more trouble. What kind of parnet would do this? We know both families and Mr williams should not have got out with a bat however he was provoked.

By lovestoteach

October 30, 2009 11:32 AM | Link to this

Proper grammar, punctuation, and spelling are IMPERATIVE to effective communication, so they are ALWAYS important, no matter the context.

By ldgann

October 30, 2009 11:32 AM | Link to this

katgirl,

i never saw it myself but

BB ring showing = midrift showing

leaders show be exempliary

By ldgann

October 30, 2009 11:54 AM | Link to this

LOL-RIDICULOUSE

By ldgann

October 30, 2009 12:31 PM | Link to this

WhatDoWeHaveHere,

changing the mascot would cost the district a million + it is a silly mascot and offensive to many it shows a disregard for sensible thought just like that blasted BB RING

notice i used blasted instead of dang - just common courtesy

red devil is “moranic”, ie moronic, sounding/looking symbol

By Concernedtaxper

October 30, 2009 1:48 PM | Link to this

Here is a context for you lives to teach. I know several cardiothoracic and neurosurgeons (as well as many other specialties) who speak in broken English, cannot form a sentence to save their life, but are geniuses in their respective fields. If you were to find yourself in need of their service will You be so concerned with their grammar or their surgical abilities?

It isn’t pertinent on a message board. I suspect you did in fact manage to comprehend the statements even with spelling and grammar mistakes. In formal writing it is important. In informal situations it is only necessary that ones audience understand the context of that situation. In the situation of my job depending on the facility (I work for several hospitals in several states) and dictating physician I would be violating hospital policy and have before been on the chewing end of it when the company I work for wanted grammar while the hospital and dictator wanted what was said (grammatically incorrect or not).

This is clearly an informal setting. Your ridicule of the grammar serves only to insult and perhaps point out the faults of the under educated. It just seems a tad humiliating when that is clearly not what the discussion was about.

By hello

October 30, 2009 2:05 PM | Link to this

Gary Bosten should not be charged for having a gun he was just trying to protect himself. And william should be punished.

By Huntington Mom

October 30, 2009 3:01 PM | Link to this

Huntington High suffers from a lack of respect from all parties-students, faculty, parents. You go from no discipline one year to dictatorship the next. What kind of learning atmosphere is this, Mr Wright? I’ve come to the conclusion that if my child is to learn, I have to teach at home. But how am I supposed to do that when you don’t even issue textbooks to take home? JUST TEACH MY CHILD AS YOU ARE PAID TO DO!

By By problem fixer

October 30, 2009 3:08 PM | Link to this

Kiss and makeup! Bury the handle with the hatchet.

By ldgann

October 30, 2009 4:31 PM | Link to this

huntington mom,

home shcooled kids have 25 points automatically deducted from there scores when applying for federal jobs/military? thats a bunch

obama wants all of the children properly poluted by proper indoctrination

good luck with that

im glad my kids graduated many moons ago-what a messss

just because it goes on in city ghettos doesnt mean its alright for it to go on in huntington

By Junior'11 :)

October 30, 2009 6:32 PM | Link to this

Okay, so if you don’t got to huntington high school, or you are not a parent of a huntington high school student, stick your nose elsewhere cause your opinion isn’t needed or does it matter. We don’t want you on here saying how bad this is or how we should do this or that. Go look and worry about your own kids who are probably on drugs, drinking, or having sex and get back to us on that one. Kthanks. And also, LEAVE THE JUNIOR CLASS OUT OF THIS. Your ignorant if you just want to get one here and complain. Oh they say FTR and they ripped down a sign, and they’re rebellious, blah blah. Go cry. We are just reppin our class and having pride for who we are. We are not ignorant hicks, who don’t know how to spell or use bad grammar cause I’m a proud junior at huntington high school, and i am very well educated. We know how to behave, and we know how to have fun. That’s where all this came in. When the picture and the video was made, it was for good, fun intentions, but Mrs. Williams turned it into something bad. The guys who made the picture and video are star students for goodness sake! I believe that Mr. Williams was in the wrong, and Greg Boston was protecting himself. But in all reality Mrs. Williams shouldn’t have took it to this level and had her family threaten a student’s family cause she got offended. Alright.

By kimboslice :)

October 30, 2009 6:55 PM | Link to this

laughing@all- uhm you get a life, and quit trying to use clever sarcasm to scare a “kid” as you make Morgan out to be. She is not a kid, nor am i. We are respectable young ladies, and i refuse to let one of my best friends to be talked to in that kind of disrespectful manner. She had an important point to make, that she felt compelled to share with everyone. Ge glad she chose to grace this site with her writings so your immature self could read it. Thanks. :)

By richard steel

October 30, 2009 10:27 PM | Link to this

wern out hunh?

By confused

October 31, 2009 12:11 AM | Link to this

I wish someone who is in the know would fill the rest of the world in on what is really going on. I’d like to hear the facts. Not just gossip. From what I understand videos were made and bumper stickers were removed. I just cant piece together why Mr. Boston was involved? It wasn’t his child that made the video and was “allegedly threatened”. So did these men really bring violence onto campus over an anti-Obama bumper sticker? All we know is that the kids don’t like the principal because she is strict and has a belly button ring and apparently hurt their feelings when she told them they needed to act right (WAH WAH) but what were the events that escalated into an all out brawl?

By wampus

October 31, 2009 5:38 AM | Link to this

I am a past graduate of Huntington Schools and the discipline over the years has gotten worse and worse. And reading, writing, has too, not to mention geography and history.

When I was a student at Huntington, a troublemaking student had the paddle laid on his butt (I had it done as late as the 9th grade) and for most, they got another one when they got home if their dad or mom found out about the one in school.

AND there wasn’t a bunch of parents undermining the teachers either. **AND there wasn’t a single student from my class ever spent time in prison, which shows what hard discipline by both parents and school can accomplish.

Schools should have a student rule book and a dress code, and they should be enforced. Students should have very few “rights” until they finish school. They are in school to LEARN, not to party amd make their own rules.

By Ihaveacold

October 31, 2009 7:49 AM | Link to this

I am fairly new to Huntington. I hate this bad press but it really is a pretty cool little town. It has two funeral homes, two discount stores, three trash pickup services, two banks, and it even has that game preserve area. However, the best thing is that there are no Canadians. I mean, our guys may pull guns and clubs on one another at our childrens schools but thats better than living with all those Canadians. They are alot like those Lemurs and spider monkeys at the zoo. They are loud and obnoxious and someone has to take care of them or they die. But hey, at least they have two choices where they can choose to be slabbed. This is true choice at its best. You can go to the one funeral home, get a price on a box, and then go shop the other one for a better price. Its allot like buying a car. After your buried, like if youve been shot at the school, your family can do the same for flowers at one of the two dollar stores. I am going to mention to the city council that I want the citizens to change the signs at the city limits entrance. Instead of saying “Huntington, the gateway to Lake Sam Rayburn”, I want it to read, “Huntington, the gateway to death.” And then down at the bottom of the sign there can be a footnote that says “Canadian Free.” Our football teams suffers but I hope the Canadians move to Central or Hudson.

By NEXT...

October 31, 2009 10:52 AM | Link to this

1. FTJ class of 2010 ROCKS :p 2.people in Huntington ARE never happy!!! :( 3.why should kids even be put in this? when we didnt have anything to do with it
2. we are NOT white trash!!! the one who said that probley is :p
3. parents if you dont like all the drama in Huntington, take ur kid to lufkin r somewhere else!! :)
4. THE END…. LETS MOVE ON :^)

By Senior 2010

October 31, 2009 12:08 PM | Link to this

Mr. Davis was a ten time better principal than Mrs. Williams. He did enforce the rules, but it was not his main concern. His main concern was to make sure that the students got there education and we did. Now Mrs. Williams is more concerned about making sure the teachers make everyone stand up in the front of the class to see if anyone is out of dress code, which takes away from the time we have to learn in that class which isn’t long now that we are on an eight period schedule. You can say all you want about how the teachers are there to teach and all that, but the fact of the matter is most of the teachers don’t even like her. All she cares about is making all the rules are obeyed not the fact that we pass. And then there’s is the fact that she’ll let us break the rules if we pay a dollar or two dollars. We can’t even dress up for Red Ribbon Week or Homecoming unless we pay. Sure the money goes to a good cause, but we can’t show off our school spirit without paying money. And then there’s the fact that she don’t care if we pass our classes as long as we pass our TAKS test and get out of school, with the example being that some of the Seniors who failed a portion of the TAKS test not having to take quad exams, but the ones of us who did pass have to take them. This picture and this video made should not get someone in trouble, We have the right to freedom of speech as long as we are not threatening someone. As far as I know people don’t like the president, but you don’t see people getting thrown in jail for making a bad picture of him or making a video or even bumber stickers. The school had no right to go out and take the bumber sticker off without first asking him to take it off himself. then if he refused then it could’ve lead to other measures but not what happened. And now to what this article is about, it really is none of our business and to the concerned parents out there, this meeting did not happen during school hours and if it did then just shows more reason to get rid of Mrs. Williams because she should’ve been at the high school doing her job, not at the administration office. As far as Mr. Boston sure he was wrong in pulling a gun but I would want someone like that to be my step dad, I would want someone that would take up for me and not allow anyone to threaten me. And as far as Mr. Williams goes he was definately in the wrong. Mr. Boston was trying to resolve a conflict in an appropriate manner by taking it to the police, and he shows up with a baseball bat.. that is just a little bit immature. He should have never been making any threats to begin with, and when the person that you threatened is talking to a police officer, it’s kind of stupid to show up there with a baseball bat. Apparently Mr. Williams isn’t as smart as some people seem to think.

This is just my opinion which everyone is entitled to, and I’m just stating the facts that I know.

By laughing @all

October 31, 2009 12:57 PM | Link to this

To kimboslice: You get a life, these students need to get with the program. Study, obey the rules, and do what the Admin. sets forth for you to do. When you graduate, it’s not HIGH SCHOOL anymore, it’s the real world. Apart from what happened between Mr. Boston and Mr. Williams, all I get out of these post are that the students dont want to obey the rules set forth. They should use the chain of command, which leads to the School Board at the end of the chain. That would show respect for the HUNTINGTON SCHOOL. Remember, you dont have to like the person, but you have to respect the POSITION.

By wampus

October 31, 2009 2:31 PM | Link to this

To Senior 2010 @ Oct 31, 2009 12:08 PM and other students running their mouths here (and applies also to some parents)

**For STUDENTS, school is NOT a Democracy. It is a Dictatorship. And rightfully so. It is where you learn rules and how to follow them. As the Army/military teaches, “It is not for you to reason where or why, It is yours to do or die.”

Now the Army teaching can’t be exactly applied to school, BUT following rules without a bunch of mouthing and trying to evade them is what keeps you out of PRISON when you become an adult.

From comments here and apparently by actions of students at school, this discipline has NOT been enforced effectively in the past.

Apparently this guy Boston (who I have never heard of before this incident) has been trying to incite disobediance among the students. This is apparent by his attempts to goad the Lufkin Daily News into writing articles and from posts here, he was apparently attempting to influence students to mutiny. That is a death sentence on the high seas.

When he displayed a gun (and loaded a bullet in the chamber) the school officer should have called for assistance if he could, and pulled his own weapon ordering Boston to drop lay the weapon down and lay face down on the ground. Failure by Boston to IMMEDIATELY do this should have resulted in the school officer shooting him without further discussion.

At the time the gun was brandished, the baseball bat became secondary and the gun became primary.

The Lufkin News has been very derelict in failing to adequately do fundamental investigational reporting in detail of the matters that preceded the confrontation, thereby allowing rumors and misinformation to take over.**

Also if it is true that Boston is not a resident of the Huntington School District, and his stepson is a transfer student, he should be immediately expelled and his transfer revolked.

In the future, there should be a set of rules setting stringent requirements for transfer students and their parents and step-parents to sign relating to keeping grades up, following rules, and warning that discipline problems will result in voiding the transfer.

By Wampus

October 31, 2009 4:09 PM | Link to this

I am reading thru all the posts from the beginning and came on this one from (I assume) Mr Bostons wife.

By Sherine Boston @ Oct 28, 2009 5:56 PM There are a few things that need to be clarified. First, my child is not the “expelled student” in question

If this is true, then WTH is GREG BOSTON even involved?

By laughing@all

October 31, 2009 4:20 PM | Link to this

To wampus: VERY WELL SAID !!

By Senior 2010

October 31, 2009 6:08 PM | Link to this

For one I never mentioned anything about disobeying her one bit, in fact I have no problem following the rules. I have never been sent to the principal’s office during my time as a student at any school. I just said that when it becomes the principals main goal to make sure that everyone is following the rules it presents a problem. Sure from what I understand she did a great job at Crockett getting those kids to obey, but Huntington isn’t Crockett. I just think that when a teacher has to worry about making sure everyone is following the rules that it takes away from them making sure that we are doing good with our grades in that class. And school is not where you learn rules and how to follow them, that is the job of parents. Now granted some parents do a poor job at this, it is not the job of the school to teach us rules. The school system is put in place so that we may learn to read and write and do math and learn about our country’s past. When school becomes about teaching rules, once again I say, it takes away from the learning about those subjects.

And on the other thing that you put I think Officer Jenkins did what he needed to do to keep the situation from escalating, you were not there so you do not know the entire situation. Officer Jenkins was too busy detaining Mr. Williams while Mr. Boston got his gun and once Officer Jenkins saw that he had gotten it he did the best he could calming Mr. Boston down. I believe that Mr. Boston had no intention using his gun unless Mr. Williams attacked him, but since he was detained he could not attack. Mr. Boston merely had the gun to protect himself, he was not on the offensive. Also he left promptly after Officer Jenkins told him to leave. Mr. Boston has not been trying to get any of us to disobey the rules one bit. I actually laughed when I read that. All Mr. Boston has done is stood up for someone who got AEP for 30 to 40 days from something that usually is only punishment of two day suspension and 3 days SAC. That is what he was trying to get the Lufkin Daily News to do a story over that. This is the story that I’ve heard and I 100% trust the people that I heard this from. Apparently what happened was some kid punched someone and this was his first offense which in the HISD Student Handbook says is the 2 day suspension and 3 day AEP punishment, but he got the punishment for the second offense, when it was only his first offense.

By wampus

October 31, 2009 9:30 PM | Link to this

RE By Senior 2010 @ Oct 31, 2009 6:08 PM on your comments.

**1. You are wrong! wrong! wrong!
Learning to obey rules is first and foremost in your education process. There are rules EVERYWHERE and you must learn to obey them in school in order to then learn the reading, writing, and arithmetic along with all the other lessons. That was covered under “deportment” on the report card when I went to school PLUS a heavy dose of whupass with the big paddle with the holes in it PLUS another when we got home PLUS suspension if necessary and extra homework.

1. In the real world every workplace has “RULES” and if you didn’t learn during your school years and continue to disobey them, you will usually be “fired.”

2. Then there are the laws of the land. All kinds of laws. Not obeying these, could get you time in the county jail, state prison, federal prison, or the graveyard.
   So you see, it is very important that the school try to teach you to obey them.

3. Students not obeying “rules” and/or being disruptive can hinder other students from learning.**

Now, lets look at your statement All Mr. Boston has done is stood up for someone ~~~ Apparently what happened was some kid punched someone and this was his first offense which in the HISD Student Handbook says is the 2 day suspension and 3 day AEP punishment, but he got the punishment for the second offense, when it was only his first offense.

* Now from what you post (that you admit you got from OTHER people you say you trust 100% — lolol) It appearss this wasn’t even Mr Bostons child or BUSINESS. This comes under the heading of THAT childs parent or guardian, NOT old Boston Blackies. *

Being a lifelong resident of the Huntington area for more than 50 but less than a hundred years, this incident caused me to ask some questions from people I know about Mr Boston (since I don’t know him) and it seems he has a reputation of being a person that sticks his nose in a lot of other folks business, is a “pot stirer” and has a tendency to threaten people (especially women) but will backpedal and run like a pet coon when someone his equal stands up to him one on one.

Now, like many of you, I am repeating things I have been told by others.

**Lets look at this gun issue. A. I understand that the threats and harrassment flowed from Boston to Williams first and was severe, profane, and nasty.

B. A baseball bat isn’t illegal, a permit isn’t necessary, and it won’t accidently go off and kill someone.

C. A pistol on the other hand, is a whole different can of worms. It has already been discussed by me and others, so no point in going over it again.**

I sincerely hope none of you students end up in prison, but some of your attitudes and actions make me believe you will.

I did notice that more respect by students seemed to be given during the National Anthem and raising of the flag during the homecoming game this year, than I saw in some previous years, but it may have been because of the smaller attendence due to the weather and wet field.

Incidently, I saw some terrible spelling and sentence structure and lack of capitalization by some of you claiming to be junior and senior students.

By AxEm

October 31, 2009 10:45 PM | Link to this

Hopfully Justice will prevail…can they be cell mates

By AxEm

October 31, 2009 10:46 PM | Link to this

Hopfully Justice will prevail…can they be cell mates

By nitalooney

November 1, 2009 3:51 PM | Link to this

Learning is more than “reading, writing, and arithmatic”. It is learning to think with a cool, objective point of view—without name calling and/or un-necessary personal opinions. No one is questioning your ‘freedom of speech’. But, remember, your rights end where someone else’s begins! What you learn in high school, in addition to ‘book learning’, is how to think critically, how to obey rules, and be prepared to take your place in society. What we have here is a lack of respect, all around. And, some of you juniors and seniors need to spend more time in high school because you are coming up short on learning your studies and how to think critically! How did your school district rank with the state during the last performace accessment? How was your personal score? Do you suppose that if you devoted a little more time to learning and obeying the rules set forth for you that you might become a better person, and in the process, your school and your community/town would also become better places for your individual efforts.

By ldgann

November 1, 2009 5:30 PM | Link to this

nitalooney,

kids have told me HISD teaches the TAKS from dusk to dawn.

they still placed 2nd to last in the county this year i believe

correct me if im wrong

By ldgann

November 1, 2009 5:37 PM | Link to this

dawn to dusk

By outsider

November 1, 2009 6:16 PM | Link to this

Sounds like Eric Wright has his work cut out for him.

Eric - Get rid of the power-trip principal. Ban the crazy parent from school grounds and from any school events.

That’s the only way to settle the whole crazy deal.

By listen

November 1, 2009 7:42 PM | Link to this

I have occasionally read these comments over the last week, just to see what is being said. Some of it’s true, some of it’s not (with the information I know) but 99% of it has sickened me. This was a terrible event that happened in our community, I’m not denying that, but all of the attacks on the teachers at the high school are unfounded and unfair. Yes, the teachers teach to help the students pass the TAKS test, because that is what the STATE of TEXAS uses to measure kids and we all want our kids to be measured at the TOP! I guarantee you that EVERY other high school in the state of Texas works to prepare their students for TAKS as well. However, this is certainly not the only thing that the students of HHS are learning. Do you know, for instance, that students come out of HHS with college credits and technical and medical certificates? Students at HHS are given a wonderful education, through innovative, highly qualified teachers. Rest assured that not all districts can make those claims. Furthermore, yes HHS was second in the county with their TAKS scores but HHS was deemed RECOGNIZED by TEA and even boasted perfect scores in some areas. These few facts speak volumes about the staff/faculty of HHS…..they are hard working, dedicated individuals who at the least deserve respect. If you don’t agree with their teachings or have questions about their teaching methods make an appointment to meet with them and discuss it but don’t bad mouth them on a local newspaper comment forum.

By concerned care

November 1, 2009 8:26 PM | Link to this

Where in the word is Memorial Hospital going to get enough nurses to staff such a large ER and ICU. They didn’t have enough nurses to begin with to staff what they had.

By wampus

November 2, 2009 5:28 AM | Link to this

RE: By concerned care @ Nov 1, 2009 8:26 PM WTH does your question about Memorial Hospital have to do with this article or thread.
Seems you may need some schooling in reading and sticking with the subject being discussed!

By wampus

November 3, 2009 3:59 AM | Link to this

Here is something I happened upon in a case where a school in another state punished some students for what they put on MySpace during the summer while school was out and it appears there is already a Supreme Court Ruling permitting this.

*~~ banned them from extracurricular activities for a joke that didn’t involve the school. ~~girls requiring them to apologize to an all-male coaches’ board and undergo counseling.

Some child advocates argue that schools should play a role in monitoring students’ behavior, especially when dealing with minors. And the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that students can be disciplined for activities that happen outside of school, so long as the school can prove the activities were disruptive or posed a danger and that it was foreseeable the activities would find their way to campus.*

By laughing@all

November 3, 2009 8:52 AM | Link to this

It look and sounds like everyone has had their say about this story. Some really good points were made on both sides. I hope both men look at this incident and next time act like ADULTS. I hope that the students realize that while lots of people laughed when this all started, ( Several WEEKS ago ) two men may go to prison. Students, realize that rules are for a reason. Over 150,000 people are in prison in Texas for breaking the rules. What started out as something small could have taken someones life. Parents, lets teach our kids to show more respect and at the same time show respect to your kids. Remind them that one day they will be the adult. They may be the one in charge. Actions cause reactions.

By Concerned Care

November 3, 2009 8:55 AM | Link to this

Hey Wampus, I was just trying to change the boring subject you people are wrapped up in.There are more important things going on in this messed up society without stressing over two adults acting like children. you may be the next ER pt, who’s going to take care of you.

By Just reading

November 3, 2009 9:25 AM | Link to this

Well, not a big deal about what the kids did, kids will be kids and maybe the parents need to communicate with their kids more and know what they do, when they do it and how they do it. This is a parent skill that many parents lack! The real parent skill here that is lacking is why would parents demonstrate to their kids such irresponsibility! If the parents had such issues with the principle? Why not do the resposible thing and go see the principle and dicuss the problems? The world is a crazy place and my concern is for the kids. If you don’t demonstrate the correct behavior, how will they grow up to learn what is correct behavior. These parents need to take a look at what messages they are giving their children. How would they feel, if their kids antagonized someone to the point that someone pulled a gun on them? This parent(s) need to learn moral and civilized behavior and should be punished for that as well!

By Concernedtaxpayer

November 3, 2009 10:02 AM | Link to this

I agree concerned care. I don’t know why LDN did not open that article up for discussion, but topics like these will have over 200 comments and others like the biomass plant or the understaffed ER, outrageous downtown spending etc do well to generate even a forth of that. Entertainment is two grown men acting like idiots. Speaks volumes doesn’t it.

By Town Resident

November 3, 2009 12:44 PM | Link to this

I know this is completely off the subject, but I just had to respond to ‘listen’. You know, the whole TAKS subject is one of my sore points. It is not the teachers fault that the state has decided to make getting an education so difficult. The teachers are just doing their jobs. However, that is all that the schools are teaching is how to pass the TAKS test! When I was in school, we had tests to assess what we were learning and over the years it became more and more of a focus. By the time I was a senior they had put the TAAS test into the schools. Now we have the dreaded TAKS. Recently, there was a student who worked very hard to obtain the credits they needed to be able to graduate. This particular student had certain “learning barriers” which made it difficult. However, the school or “power that be” said that this student could not qualify for exemption from the TAKS. This student was allowed to take the TAKS as many times as allowed but was still unable to pass it completely. This student had the credits by course requirements to graduate, but because they did not pass the TAKS, DID NOT get a diploma! Instead…they got a “certificate of completion.” Do you know how much of a blow this was to this student’s confidence? Just because of the ridiculous TAKS test. I’m sure you’ve seen, as I have, the stress on the kids faces before these tests. These tests are important to see where our kids stand on their educations, but back off already! The state needs to use it as a tool to see where our children are lacking and not as a tool to figure out how much money our schools are going to get. This may hit a nerve with some, but here it goes anyway…Look into why the TAKS scores are so high in Huntington. Talk with teachers from other schools. The number of minority groups in Huntington are small which significantly affects the test scores. The children taking the tests are doing well…yes…but Huntington does not have the minority numbers that the surrounding schools do that offset the test scores.(But sshhh…this is our little secret.) I am not trying to single out any groups of people so don’t even go there. It’s just a fact that can be seen by looking at test scores from all the schools. I think there is a problem with TAKS but not the teachers. And kudos to those students who are motivated enough to get some of their college education out of the way. I wish we would had the same options.

By concernedtaxpayer

November 3, 2009 1:40 PM | Link to this

Huntington’s scores are skewed another way. Huntington ranked second to last on their TAAS test scores when I was in junior high. Soon after they found a way to manipulate the system with the institution of the PRIDE program. We had 1 minority student in our graduating class (96 students graduating). I know of several PRIDE graduates who were forced out of mainstream school for various academic failures, attendance, discipline problems etcetera. What is left is a body of students who are capable of the scores mentioned above. You cannot really rate them with schools whose entire student population is graded.

The test is still required even in the alternative education program, but there is definitely something odd about that. There is one case in particular I’m aware of where the student in question had never passed a standardized test from third grade on to highschool and yet once in alternative education manages to pass this test. How exactly is that possible? and why wasn’t it possible in mainstream school?

With regards to the Test itself. Failure to pass the TAKS is a clear indicator they won’t be successful in passing the TASP (in my day that was the college entrance exam for this state). That means an abundance of remedial college credits which are utterly useless as far as a degree is concerned. Even with the remedials there were still quite a few in my college algebra class where the one class stood in the way of their degree plan.

Highschool is to prepare students for college, but it is just a simple fact of society (any socity) that not everyone will be professional material. We are falling behind because most of the other modernized nations are addressing that problem while we focus on making everyone a “winner”.

By ldgann

November 3, 2009 6:33 PM | Link to this

go to youtube.com and search for: stupid in america

By ldgann

November 3, 2009 9:05 PM | Link to this

this is such a tragedy for the HISD and especially these two fellows. they just got caught up in some very negative emotions. both have obvious blowhard temperament problems but i do feel for them and there families. i hope that they are allowed to continue to be a part of campus life at the HISD.

i still feel that poor administration leads to this type of problem

By parent

November 4, 2009 10:34 AM | Link to this

wow i just watched the “stupid in America” 20/20 news video about public schools in america. it’s unbelievable but a lot of those same issues are going on right here at Huntington ISD. And I to do believe that it all starts with our admin and school board and the decisions or lack of decisions that they make.

By Bettina

November 4, 2009 2:53 PM | Link to this

Violence is never the answer but I totally support Greg Boston for standing up for his family!

By ldgann

November 4, 2009 5:39 PM | Link to this

letter to HISD:

I am sorry to inform you that I will not be able to pay school taxes owed but all is not lost.

I have paid these taxes: accounts receivable tax, building permit tax, CDL tax, cigarette tax, corporate income tax, dog license tax, federal income tax, unemployment tax, gasoline tax, hunting license tax, fishing license tax, waterfowl stamp tax, inheritance tax, inventory tax, liquor tax, luxury tax, Medicare tax, city, school and county property tax (up 33 percent last 4 years), real estate tax, social security tax, road usage tax, toll road tax, state and city sales tax, recreational vehicle tax, state franchise tax, state unemployment tax, telephone federal excise tax, telephone federal state and local surcharge tax, telephone minimum usage surcharge tax, telephone state and local tax, utility tax, vehicle license registration tax, capitol gains tax, lease severance tax, oil and gas assessment tax, Texas sales tax, and many more that I can’t recall but I have run out of space and money.

When you do not receive my check, just know that it is an honest mistake . Please treat me the way you treat the higher ups- No penalties and no interest.

P.S. I will make at least a partial payment as soon as I get my stimulus check.

By MRS.WILLIAMS FRIEND

November 4, 2009 6:08 PM | Link to this

everyone needs to just drop this and let the people who were involved in it handle it…thats why we have this thing called a COURT SYSTEM..plus people make mistakes this could have happened to any of us at any time..it just happened to happen to someone who isnt the most popular at the moment but big deal let it go i work and talk with mrs.williams at school all the time shes a nice person just give her a chance…and yeah if you pulled a gun on the person i loved i would give you a pice of my mind too..so just drop this you say its childish what they did well your all being childish by setting here fighting about whos right and whos not let the court decide whats gonna happen:)

By nor repol

November 4, 2009 6:47 PM | Link to this

friend,

ive been reading this blog for a couple of days (just found it). please dont shut it off too soon. there is alot of venting going on. venting releases pressure.

i am very dissatisfied parent and tax payer. this can become a permanent home for those of us that feel the same. thanks lufkin daily news——i get the paper at home but this feedback loop is just great. thanks again

By nor repol

November 4, 2009 6:53 PM | Link to this

i watched “stupid in america” on youtube.com last nite. it really got my dander fluffed. if you havent seen it and want to see some very good investigative reporting, DO SO NOW.i am sure it is something that the school powers dont want anyone to see.

By Concernedtaxpayer

November 4, 2009 9:54 PM | Link to this

I agree. I watched stupid in America as well. Our tax dollars at work. When did recreation become more important than basic intelligence?

By Juniors Dat 11

November 4, 2009 10:19 PM | Link to this

juniors dat 11 FTR i dopnt see how she is goin to come to the high school and tell all the juniors that FTR is immature and stuff whenever her husband tries to bring a bat to a gun fight because of a horn thats immature also she shouldnt come and try to control all the highschool students because we are not goin to “calm” down for ANYONE especially her i mean she cant even control her own husband and thats sad.. all i know is we want this woman OUT of Huntington sincerely CLASS OF DAT 11 LEADERS !!! FTR

By nor repol

November 4, 2009 10:56 PM | Link to this

hey juniors i read here that ms williams bb ring is visible when she raises her arms above her head and body piercing not allowed at hhs.

is that a double standard? what about other distractions?

By kota stephenson

November 5, 2009 11:56 AM | Link to this

FTR— we are unstopable and we cant be controlled our good dreams are wut your nightmares are made of and we are planning more things to rebel against her… just wait >=) DAT 11 we will run your lives…dont tell us to grow up it aint gonna work nothing u say will change us

By kota stephenson

November 5, 2009 11:57 AM | Link to this

FTR— we are unstopable and we cant be controlled our good dreams are wut your nightmares are made of and we are planning more things to rebel against her… just wait >=) DAT 11 we will run your lives…dont tell us to grow up it aint gonna work nothing u say will change us

By kota stephenson

November 5, 2009 11:58 AM | Link to this

FTR— we are unstopable and we cant be controlled our good dreams are wut your nightmares are made of and we are planning more things to rebel against her… just wait >=) DAT 11 we will run your lives…dont tell us to grow up it aint gonna work nothing u say will change us

By wampus

November 5, 2009 2:05 PM | Link to this

Reference to:By Bettina November 4, 2009 2:50 PM | Link to this Violence is never the answer but I totally support Greg Boston for standing up for his family!

Read the entire comments. I believe it has been established that Greg Boston was not standing up for “his” family. He was sticking his nose in actions of another student instead of the real parent, and inciting certain students to do malicious things in violation of school rules in an effort to undermine the school principal.

By richard steel

November 5, 2009 3:24 PM | Link to this

the social mood of the whole country and world is changing. this incident is just a symptom of what is going to get much worse i think. the whole mess could have been averted if we had honest good leaders and administrators from washington dc to the huntington school house. there is so much graft and corruption at all levels of government that the burden on the citizens is getting to great. this is just a part of the great disintegration . look at the bailouts of all of the criminal banksters for gosh sake. look at the waiste in the school and the constant grabbing for more dollars====fund raisers, bake sales, fireworks lunch money are just very small amounts of money compared to the waste perpetrated by overpaid bureucrats. people are p*ssed off and i am too. just wait and see.

By junior FTR

November 5, 2009 10:32 PM | Link to this

wampus shut the f* up no one cares wut u have to say sh

By junior FTR

November 5, 2009 10:40 PM | Link to this

also wampus look in the story at the top let me copy and paste ……”Boston contacted the sheriff’s office on Thursday to report that Williams allegedly called him, threatening to kill him and his family, and beat him with a bat”,….. if someone would have threatened my FAMILY YES IT SAYS FAMILY and williams comes with a baseball bat cause he was takin up for HIS FAMILY again there it is FAMILY i woulda done the same thing sorry if your family dont give 2 flyin fu*ks bout u enough to do it

By wampus

November 6, 2009 1:36 PM | Link to this

junior FTR … You are in bad need of some spelling classes.

This all started with Boston sticking his nose in something that (acording to his wife in a comment posted here several days ago) did not even involve his stepson.

According to the LDN article, several weeks ago Boston was trying to get them to do his dirty work.

When that didn’t work HE (Boston) started inciting various students to act out and he also was guilty in harrassing the Williams and threatening them FIRST.

Now, IF he had a valid complaint against Mr Williams, why wasn’t he at the Sheriff Office instead of at the school policeman. The Sheriff Office is the place that has jurisdiction OFF the campus.

By junior FTR

November 6, 2009 5:10 PM | Link to this

holy sh** wampus i swear your soo f-in stupid i go to huntington high and u dont know half the crap u think you know everything about

By Wampus

November 6, 2009 5:14 PM | Link to this

**to everyone on this blog spot i was completely wrong greg boston was in the right and mr. williams and mrs williams should leave huntington sorry junior class of dat 11 i will bow down to any of yall =) all parents and authorities should back these kids all the way FTR guys

By Wampus

November 6, 2009 5:15 PM | Link to this

*to everyone on this blog spot i was completely wrong greg boston was in the right and mr. williams and mrs williams should leave huntington sorry junior class of dat 11 i will bow down to any of yall =) all parents and authorities should back these kids all the way FTR guys *

By lacey

November 6, 2009 11:20 PM | Link to this

It is a sad that we as a small town that we have nothing better to do then beat up people rather it be with words or hands. My son is a student he does not care for the principle but he does try to follow the rules. I guess my statment would be this I try to raise my kids to the standers I live by. Do unto others as you would want them to do to you. What ever happend to that?How can tell them to act one way and show them another.

By Wampus

November 7, 2009 5:48 AM | Link to this

**Apparently someone has discovered a way to post under my name. The posts at: November 6, 2009 5:14 PM AND

November 6, 2009 5:15 PM WERE NOT BY THE SAME WAMPUS THAT MADE ALL THE PREVIOUS POSTS.**

It should be obvious by the sentence structure, spelling, and lack of capital letters at beginning of “proper” names.

By Wild Bill

November 7, 2009 11:10 AM | Link to this

It’s a good thing the female soccer player from New Mexico Univ. wasn’t there. She’d a’learned ‘em something !

By watcher

November 7, 2009 11:20 AM | Link to this

STAY ANONYMOUS

if you are a parent with negative feelings about the HISD and reveal them here, dont reveal your identity (THEYRE WATCHING) or some HISD goons may show up in your face with basball bats or some other form of unpleasantness and coercion. your kids may even be victims at school.

I KNOW THIS, FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, TO BE TRUE!!!!

By richard steel

November 8, 2009 11:51 AM | Link to this

gone but not forgotten-lol

By wampus

November 8, 2009 2:40 PM | Link to this

Hmmmmmmm — I used to watch cowboy star Bob Steele on Sat at the Kay Theater when it was on Main St in Huntington.

I wonder if Dick Steel above is kinfolks?

By richard steel

November 10, 2009 7:17 AM | Link to this

wampus, bob steele is richard dickleys grandpa

By taco

November 10, 2009 8:32 AM | Link to this

jkdfwalhf dsk nds m d dksd

By wampus

November 10, 2009 10:14 AM | Link to this

Taco, Looks like you need to take your tamale and head back wherever they speak that kind of stuff.

By wampus

November 11, 2009 3:31 AM | Link to this

RE:By richard steel @ November 10, 2009 7:17 AM wampus, bob steele is richard dickleys grandpa

When I was just a kid, I oncee overheard two of my great aunts talking about how hard those dickley boys were. They must have been tough because one of aunts said “he is hard as steel”

By richard steel

November 12, 2009 8:44 PM | Link to this

wampass, i heard today that they relaxed the body piercing at HHS so ms williams can keep her belly button rings.

some of the kids have show up with all sorts of body piercing lately. saw this guy the other day:

http://www.cuttingedge.org/body-pierce.jpg

these guys are cute though:

http://www.petticoatpoms.com/spyamoungus.jpg

By ldgann

November 12, 2009 8:53 PM | Link to this

glad to see this place is starting to liven up a little. but, i guess these two morons have been aquited and ms williams is back to work fleecing the tax payers

By nor repol

November 13, 2009 7:25 PM | Link to this

HOW TO ENJOY HOLIDAY SHOPPING

1. Take 24 boxes of condoms and randomly put them in other people’s carts when they aren’t looking.

2. Set all the alarm clocks in Housewares to go off at 5-minute intervals.

3. Go to the Service Desk and try to put a bag of M&Ms on layaway.

4. Move a ‘CAUTION - WET FLOOR’ sign to a carpeted area.

5. Set up a tent in the camping department and tell the children shoppers you’ll invite them in if they bring pillows and blankets from the bedding department.

6. When a clerk asks if they can help, begin crying and scream, ‘Why can’t you people just leave me alone?’

7. Look right into the security camera and use it as a mirror while you pick your nose.

8. While handling guns in the hunting department, ask the clerk where the antidepressants are.

9. In the auto department, practice your ‘Madonna look’ by using different sizes of funnels.

10. Hide in a clothing rack and when people browse through, yell ‘PICK ME! PICK ME!’

11. When an announcement comes over the loud speaker, assume a fetal position and scream ‘OH NO! IT’S THOSE VOICES AGAIN!’

12. Go into a fitting room, shut the door, wait awhile, then yell very loudly, ‘Hey! There’s no toilet paper in here.’

By nor repol

November 13, 2009 10:12 PM | Link to this

theres a spy amoung us

look here if you dont believe it

http://www.piffe.com/funanimaux/spycat.jpg

http://www.petsfunky.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/funny-pictures-there-is-a-spy-among-us-ad0401bdee.jpg

By ldgann

November 14, 2009 9:51 AM | Link to this

LOL-HISD cuts one again, stinks up the place and silences the critics————no story here-just move along

By wampus

November 14, 2009 2:52 PM | Link to this

Student in San Augustine got his butt paddled at school, now grandma is up in arms.

http://www.ktre.com/global/story.asp?s=11502932#

By wampus

November 15, 2009 9:13 AM | Link to this

I guess this thread has about played out.

Sure was lively for a while though.

The school and students did great with the Veteran Day Tribute and Activities

As a veteran, I want to say well done and to students, PLEASE, show respect for the flag.