Except schools in Texas and the rest of the southern US still can beat students. Only in two states in the US is it illegal for both public and private schools to beat kids. Those two states schools are consistently ranked among the best. Texas beats more kids than any other state, and they are near the bottom in school rankings. I would say the problem with schools is the way they treat students as moronic cattle. Beating them only reinforces the notion that they have no rights. If a person doesn't have the right to defend themselves from assault or sexual assault, they have nothing. I would argue spanking students is sexual assault, it would be if they are 18, that it isn't considered so when they are 17 is a failing of our society. The Supreme Court's answer is always that "the Constitution does apply but..." followed by some senile hand-waving to excuse forced strip searches, beatings or any other gross violation of human rights the school wants. The reality is our legal system treats children like property. Kids would have more rights if they were prisoners or dogs.

It appears their employee screening is not as stringent as you would expect. They hire convicted rapists and pedophiles as well as known thieves.

It was replaced with "I don't recall".

The manual for the Prius explains how to shut it off in an emergency in small text on page 43 after the directions for configuring the entertainment system.

This happens more often than you would think. Several teenage girls were strip searched in Iowa recently, supposedly looking for money one girl reported stolen. They even let the accuser watch the girls strip. http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009909050337 Even though Iowa has a law against this, no charges have been filed and the school has said they won't do anything until someone makes them. Schools are almost completely unaccountable to their abuse of students in many states.