Recent content by pol100gk

With the phones being out, even if they had a policy of calling parents when an absence is recorded, they couldn't have done so.

So sad. My condolences to his family and those close to him. We were all hoping for a better outcome.

I won't comment on the last line of that article: "On July 9 in texts to his wife as she rode in an ambulance with Parker, Scholtes wrote: “Detectives are coming for me. I’m going to prison. How could I do this?”"

What I don't get is that in all of these cases, there cannot have been any talking/communication between the kids and the adult driver. Yes, kids fall asleep in cars on long drives but on the commute to and from daycare? I don't know any kid that didn't have a lot to say on those trips. How can...

She was found by a fellow tourist, not the search team: Missing Dutch tourist found dead on Samos island | eKathimerini.com

There is a podcast referenced above which includes a lengthy interview with Jon's sister. It contains a wealth of additional information that puts the above blurb in perspective. It is well worth listening to.

Possibly a power trip on her part? In our school district, a school board member in cahoots with an elementary school principal conspired to have the high school principal fired so the elementary school principal could take their place. Fortunately a grand jury absolved the principal of all...

Parker did not 'only' ignore the problems that day but she also set up a system, with the principal, that the shooter would be accompanied by a parent in the classroom to ensure he behaves appropriately. A drug addict and a felon were allowed into the classroom with 20 other kids without...

She was told on three occasions that day that they suspected the child of carrying a gun and she refused to engage with the matter each time. The question why she did not investigate is one that we can only speculate on.

That a school administrator would set up this kind of system is bizarre. It defies every protocol and policy there is around schools and the care of minors. We all suspected most of what transpired it in this report. I do hope Ebony Parker gets a long sentence. But what upset me the most...

I went hiking in Greece when I was younger (in September/October, not summer heat) and even then the recommended amount of water to carry on a 5 hour hike was 6-8 liters of water. That's at least 4 of those big 1.5 liter water bottles. It makes for a very heavy backpack. Just to give some...

This is a relevant article recently published in the online English version of Kathimerini: Greek trails: Taking the wrong step in stifling conditions | eKathimerini.com

The Daily Telegraphy must have confused the missing tourists. The tourist missing in Mathraki was found dead, not Amorgos: US tourist found dead in Corfu | eKathimerini.com

There's been a near identical case in Berlin/Germany. Three babies left to be found and by the same parents. One a year for three years. Apologies but only reported on in German: Jedes Jahr einen Säugling ausgesetzt: Das Rätsel der drei Geschwisterkinder I couldn't find any update on this so...

I can see a three year old sneaking their favorite toy into their backpack. Following that logic, the gun must have been lying around at home and the kid grabbed and packed it.