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n2doc

(47,953 posts) Thu Apr 10, 2014, 09:05 PM Apr 2014

Los Angeles teacher suspended for science projects

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Students and parents are calling for the return of a popular Los Angeles high school science teacher who was suspended from the classroom after students turned in projects that appeared dangerous to administrators.

Supporters rallied outside the downtown Cortines School of Visual & Performing Arts Thursday morning and have gathered hundreds of signatures on a petition that calls for the return of teacher Greg Schiller.

The Los Angeles Times reports (http://lat.ms/1gPLkZk ) that Schiller was suspended in February after two students turned in science-fair projects designed to shoot small projectiles. Schiller was suspended, with pay, pending an investigation.

One project used compressed air to shoot an object but wasn't connected to an air pressure source. Another project used power from a AA battery to charge a tube surrounded by a coil.

A school employee saw the air-pressure project and reported that it looked like a weapon. Schiller said he never saw the completed projects except in photos.

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Los Angeles teacher suspended for science projects (Original Post) n2doc Apr 2014 OP

Back in the early post-Sputnik era, Jackpine Radical Apr 2014 #1

Guess that's why we don't have high speed rail. Downwinder Apr 2014 #2

This sounds over the top suspension. uppityperson Apr 2014 #3

Should have come up with an idea about how to use a Walmart register to make money. jtuck004 Apr 2014 #4

I don't think that it had much to do with the science class... Heywood J Apr 2014 #5

+1 gollygee Apr 2014 #6

Jackpine Radical

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1. Back in the early post-Sputnik era,

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Thu Apr 10, 2014, 09:10 PM

Apr 2014

we used to make rockets and launch them from the football field, with the blessing of the school admin, who saw us as budding young aerospace engineers.

And yes, it WAS rocket science!