[Dragthor]

What a joke... can't walkie-talkies work over 2 miles? LOL... sounds like left-wing propaganist teachers.

http://www.news12.com/NJ/in_depth/article?id=125942

Eagleswood teachers say hunters near school are too close for comfort

(12/15/04) EAGLESWOOD – Educators at Eagleswood Township Elementary School have canceled recess for their students due to potential hazards posed by nearby hunters.

Officials at the school say the decision was made after walkie-talkies in the school picked up the conversations of hunting parties. Although state law mandates hunters must stay at least 450 feet away from schools, educators say the fact that they could hear the radio conversations made them believe the hunters were close enough to present a safety threat.

Teachers say they use the walkie-talkies to communicate with each other and to stay informed. According to school officials, students could possibly return outside for recess beginning next week.

 

[Guest]

Here we have the school's people over reacting. Just because they could pick up hunters on there radios doesn't mean they are near them. No matter what, there are people out there that would use anything to stop hunting

 

[buckrun]

just plain ignorance. the people should be blasted for being so stupid, and they are teaching the children of this state?

 

[pla930]

I think news reporters near schools are too close for comfort.

 

[drome]

you can pick up drug dealer transaction chatter over the same walkie talkies when driving to the united nations or to yankee stadium, should we ban school field trips to the united nations? Or stop taking our kids to yankee stadium?

 

[yoda4x4]

What a bunch of morons! Many of todays 2 way radios have a published 10 mile range. 450 feet is easily achievable with lesser models.

David

 

[bloodtrails]

I can get 450 feet out of 2 tin cans and a string.

 

[230grain hollowpoint]

Back when my son was a student at Ryerson Middle School in Ringwood he was watching a hunter out the window from his class(when he should have been paying attention). The teacher asked him what he was looking at and he told her. The hunter was probabably double the 450 ft saftey zone. However the teacher made all the students get on the floor as if they were in danger.

 

[nightstalker911]

It gets worse by the day, doesn't it [sad][sad]

 

[230grain hollowpoint]

Posted: 12 Dec 2005 12:50 PM

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It gets worse by the day, doesn't it

If you are refering to my post my son is 27 so this was 13-14 years ago.

 

[jerseyhunter]

Back when my son was a student at Ryerson Middle School in Ringwood he was watching a hunter out the window from his class(when he should have been paying attention).

He was.[up]

 

[mpemt24]

My radios go out 5 miles. People are nuts.

 

[jrhunt]

I heard a school on the radio last Wednesday. The teacher was telling someone she sent a kid to the Nurses office. But he never made it there.
The nearest school to my property is 3 miles.