High School Musical Not

SOS to Albany High Students:

The principal wants you to know throwing food is unacceptable.

Strange Days have indeed found us. A recent chat with several kids from Albany High was a real eye-opener. Many of the "underprivileged" and "special needs" students live in homes that (if they were in Guilderland or Bethlehem) would be "lap of luxury" dwellings. A high school kid who attends a local private school (at greatly reduced tuition, and I do mean GREATLY, plus free lunch everyday) has a brand new HDTV plasma unit in his ROOM, the latest iPod, an iPhone AND a Verizon cellphone along with after school attire you would normally only see on a filthy rich NBA star or perhaps a rich rapper. The mom is on the dole. Wonder who owns that Cadillac Escalade SUV she picks the kids up with. I wouldn't have written this but for two things: that Albany High newspaper article and the following from fellow-blogger Michelle Malkin: