In this case, it would depend if students confided in her before or after the incident. Maybe it was expected that she would take responsibility to lessen the heat and make it look like the school is doing something.

This case, as reported so far, seems different because she was not aware or in any way involved.

A fine of several hundred dollars (quite possibly more than a $1000—I have no idea what a week's salary is for a coach) for something she wasn't directly involved in, and had little or no control over, doesn't seem like a light punishment to me.

The hazing part is terrible, I just think the students, and not the coach (who had nothing to do with it) should be punished. Maybe it will take time to sort out which students get punished, but right now none of them have consequences.

That part I get. The coach should be explicit, in advance, in terms of what she deems acceptable and unacceptable. She should have sufficient rapport with her team that her opinion counts for something. Just not sure I feel like she should have to pay (literally) when students exercise their free will to be young…

But that's the part I don't get. How is what the students do in the evening the coach's responsibility? She's not there and she's not supposed to be with them. She can't control what they do in their off-hours. Aren't they responsible for their actions off the field? If she is responsible for them, it seems like…

Am I crazy or should some students be taking some responsibility too? The coach wasn't providing the alcohol and driving them from party to party or spraying them with cleaning products. Not sure the coach should be held responsible for what they do away from practice and games, but I never played sports so I…

Check out Pinterest for classroom decorating ideas. My tip is invest in fadeless bulletin board paper, even though it is a bit more expensive. It will look nice for several years. Or buy fabric remnants to use instead of bulletin board paper. Lasts a long time. Pick trim that can stay up all year as well.

Love your solution to our temporary loss of gifs. I think we should just describe everything with extra points for creative use of adjectives, e.g., [hottest man on planet Benedict Cumberbatch being hotter and cuter than anyone else.gif]

There is a Kinja article that explains the new system but I'm still confused. I need to read it again when I have more time.

Last night we were both in the black, and now we are too, but when I commented this morning our comments were both gray with red "pending approval" notices. I'm confused too. Maybe it's just glitches. If we were previously approved, are we still approved commenters?

I have a question unrelated to this post/article. You were followed by Jezebel prior to the switch away from the grays system, weren't you? So was I, and my account setting say that I am still being followed by Jez, but my comments are gray again and marked "pending approval" as are yours. Do you understand the new…

I always wonder what low-income people do when the schools require parents to purchase super expensive stuff. In my state, that is not allowed in public school. If it's public, the school has to provide everything they say is required. I am deeply impressed that you are going to donate them back for kids who need…

Old Kinja returned just in time. Just dismissed someone for horrible racist comments about this tragic situation.

I grew up in St. Louis in one of the few integrated areas in the 70's and 80's (not Ferguson). This whole story makes me want to cry. I am white but grew up in a mixed part of town, and went to a majority black high school. People got along. Reading these stories makes me ashamed to be from St. Louis.

I made so many comments wishing the grays would come back I was afraid I was going to sound like a whiny (or winey) old who couldn't adjust to change. I had pretty much stopped commenting but I am so happy to return. Oh happy day.

I also have a burner account but not because I am trolling, but because I am REALLY into my anonymity on the internet. I am so into anonymity on the internet that I am not on facebook or twitter, hence the burner.

And you know who finally mentioned it to me? My husband. He knew because he's in construction and he had installed many of them over the years!

When I was a new mom, I felt like I was the last mom in the world to learn that changing tables were often located in the handicapped stall. Also for everyone talking about space considerations in small restrooms, they are usually wall mounted and so they don't take up space.

What you described is kind of the old system in terms of getting out of the grays—oh how I miss those days of civility and refinement. I agree, blocking would be great for trolls. I think that's an amazing idea.