OK, Who Ratted?

The Sun Sentinel reports from Pensacola:

An Escambia County middle school gym teacher let children sit out his class if they paid a $1 bribe daily, netting him perhaps thousands of dollars, officials said Thursday.

We are a bit surprised that the school district has responded by arresting this fellow. One might have imagined that instead, a special tax would be imposed to subsidize those kids who couldn't afford to pay the dollar.

And it seems likely that the little nippers sought escape for the classic reasons: excessive rope climbing, and insufficient dodge ball.

Will they never learn?