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Saturday, September 24, 2011

Banana Man Story Comes To Conclusion


What started as fun (a student dressed as a banana running onto the football field), progressed into a first amendment rights issue (administrators disciplining students for wearing yellow T-shirts), ended on Friday with an apology from Stafford School's Superintendent Randy Bridges and a "Banana Man" reinstatement to school on Monday. The apology didn't prevent a lot of negative publicity to the high school and school district. Just shows how fast things happen in the new age of the internet.  Dr. Randy Bridges is a former Rock Hill School  Superintendent. Story links are below.

Banana Man: A fruitful legacy?

Schools Chief 'Sorry' For Free-Speech Blocks

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