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This Happened: Florida School Finds Two 12-Year-Olds Kissing, Calls Police

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Quiz time: After two 12-year-olds were found kisings on the school playground, an administrator at Lee County, Florida’s Orange River Elementary School called… The students’ teachers? Their parents? A squad of ruler-wielding nuns?

Nope. The sheriff’s office.

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The school had called law enforcement, as FoxNews.com reports, on the advice of the Florida Department of Children and Families:

Lee County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to Orange River Elementary School after two female students were debating over who liked a 12-year-old boy more. At that point, one of the girls walked over and kissed the boy – leading an assistant principal to call authorities.

The administrator initially contacted the Florida Department of Children and Families. However, DCF told the school that they needed to call local law enforcement.

“They called us and said they caught two children kissing on the playground,” Sgt. Stephanie Eller told Fox News & Commentary. “The reality is it was probably something innocent between two kids on the playground.”

Police officers assessed the information, and no arrests were made. At worse, they concluded, the offending student could have been charged with battery for touching an unwilling partner. Sgt. Stephanie Eller told Fox News that she documented the incident because “we don’t know, at this point, whether or not there is a bigger picture that somebody needs to be looking at.”

Have a look at the report, via Fox News:

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  • Zxlfnwakh845

    A spokesman for the for the school district called the Limbaugh show to
    explain that the situation was escalated to law enforcement not because
    the two kids kissed but because after to talking to the girl about the
    incident it was revealed that there was a situation of concern at the
    girls home.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_NYSO6D5HWL3YY7UNOCLVNQQ2JY jibbajabba

    When did David Bowie join the SO?

  • Michelle

    We are killing ourselves with political correctness.

  • http://mediamatters.org/ Leedog

    These are the types of stories you could find over at Fox “so-called” News.com… and people still think they are a credible news organization??

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_FSPIVAFYI672OH5NOKVRTEZA4U MadCharles

    Z.  I doubt this crowd cares about the whole story. They look at it being just another story to insult republicans. Insults & lies are all Obama left them in the campaign playbook.

  • Anonymous

    Just local police.  If there was tongue, you need to call the Feds.

  • Anonymous

    Conservatives would have preferred they were read verses from the bible.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_CQWUTBF2KSSVOXCR4PSN66L2PM James

    Who cares that is a waste of time for some cop to come down there because some kids were kissing. what’s next if the kids don’t do there homework or get’s into it with a teacher. Are they going to send them to jail ?

  • CalFed

    You can be sure that if it was a boy that walked over and kissed an “unwilling” girl, he would be in Juvenile Hall this very moment.

  • Anonymous

    They should have called the Family Values police.

  • Anonymous

    If that were the case then the school district and the sheriff’s office would not be talking about it.

  • orangebowl1

    The man who called in was the communications director for the school in question

  • Anonymous

    And he should not have been calling it in if there is a suspicion of abuse or a home situation. Plus, did they issue a statement to all of the media or just the call to Limbaugh? It would seem to me that there would be a full and proper all media statement as compared to a call to one and only one talk show. It doesn’t matter whose show it is.

    Look at it logically without the usual and pathetic partisan goofiness. The school communications director only calls the one talk show? No other media statement? About a situation involving a student in the home? Really? When the cops were on Fox, where was this school spokesperson? And, by the way, most Florida public schools do not have communications directors. That is generally at the district level, not the school level. Press statements have to clear the county school board and attorneys all the time.

    This entire story is wacky somewhere. Between calling the cops just for 2 kids kissing and the call to the radio talk show, there is a whole lot not in this story.

  • Anonymous

    Its probably wackiest at the point where the school psychologist and family services meddlers put their heads together and came to the conclusion 12 year olds sorting out boyfriend/girlfriend issues was indicative of some deep rooted emotional problem derived from that most untrustworthy of institutions – the home environment – into which they just HAD to involve themselves.

    Look at the issue without political glasses – or political correct goggles – and that’s the conclusion one has to make.  And it was likely booted up to the Limbaugh level (a singular incidence) merely for the fact that Limbaugh was going on about it on his national show and someone at the district felt the immediate need for serious coverage of various asses.

  • Scarlet_begonias81

    lol. the fact that anyone would make this political is a nit wit. hey guess what.. kids are getting sexual earlier and earlier as time goes on. calling the cops was a bit on the harsh side.. id have just called the office and given them detention.. was getting RUsh into it REALLY that necessary?  he of all people are the least qualified to make comments about this..  lol @ that douche thinking this is all obama’s fault.  get a hobby, dude. its much more simpler than that.. its called … DUN DUN DUNNNNNNNN   HORMONES!!  what a waste of news..  typical news day for FOX.. derp de derp.

  • patsfan1287

    What has this got to do with Republicans? It’s amazing how some people turn issue into some kind of political comment!

  • SouthernYankee

    I am democrat.  The second month of my granddaughter in school she kissed her kindergarten friend who is a boy.  The children have daily work books the teacher sends home..  In the book she got a sad face with a note stating she kissed a boy.  You thought she committed a cardinal sin.   My son talked to her.  The next morning I said to her what are to going to do in school today.  She said “I am going to keep my hands and lips to myself”.  End of story.   To me it was funny.  I am sure the little boy’s mother thought is was also. 

  • SouthernYankee

    I wouldn’t have said anything about the situation at all.  I would have broken them up and said you know we can have this in school.  The kids would of stopped it and moved on.  Unless the kids kept doing it I would tell them the second time that I would inform their parents if they continue to do it.  Then the third time if there were problems I would tell their mothers.

  • Anonymous

    Who cares…this is the kinda of crap drudge posts.

  • http://twitter.com/sixtus66 Sixtus66

    With all of the real problems in schools these days this is the focus? Really? Well, they may not be able to add or subtract, but they know that kissing can land you in front of the police. 

  • AliveStillkickin

    Mamas, Don’t let your babies grow up to be OWSers.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Rick-Johnson/100000190455903 Rick Johnson

    Why are law enforcement officials busy with this type of crap. If this would have happened when i was a kid the police would have chewed the school officials ass for wasting their time. Personally i say bring the school official up on charges for filing these baseless charges.

  • AliveStillkickin

    Libtards would have offered them rubbers….and/or molested  them

  • AliveStillkickin

    These are wacked-out NAMBLA liberals who think two kids kissing is harmful to their fragile psychics but molesting them is educational.

  • steveknows

    It’s very easily explained.
    The administrator who called the police is a complete asshole.
    No need to look any further.

    And mad charles: Stay mad. Rabid is even better. You’re cute when you foam at the mouth.

  • Khalid Sheik Yerbouti

    The school was out of pepper spray, the police had to be called.  And just for safe measure they brought some rubber bullets in case he got to second base.

  • Khalid Sheik Yerbouti

    Why rubbers, was it raining or snowing?  Kids in Florida don’t even wear rubbers, that’s a northern thing.  Oh, you meant condoms?

  • Anonymous

    I know that you love looking at BBW pornography. 

  • Khalid Sheik Yerbouti

    Stop  kickin!

  • http://mediamatters.org/ Leedog

    What the Hell does “BBW” stand for??

  • Anonymous

    Happy Thanksgiving Leedog!

  • Anonymous

    Happy Thanksgiving Paleoconservatarian!

  • Anonymous

    Happy Thanksgiving Michelle!

  • http://mediamatters.org/ Leedog

    Happy Thanksgiving to you Voltman!!  =)

  • Hud

    Bureaucracy in action.

  • Anonymous

    Republicans are just wacky when it comes to dealing with relationships- why not a school counselor instead of cops- cops can’t handle domestic situations- they’d mace them or use their stun guns 4-5 times.

  • Anonymous

    Like Limpbaugh has any knowledge of relationships- is he on his 3rd or 4th failed marriage?
    He and Gringrich in a race?

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