They cut the oak tree down!

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passiflora_pink Central, AL(Zone 8a) Sep 27, 2007

The tree in Jena, LA. That will certainly take care of things, won't it? Things will be a lot more peaceful with a barren courtyard, nothing but a concrete slab.

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.indypendent.org/wp-content/photos/louisiana.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.indypendent.org/%3Fp%3D1095&h=291&w=400&sz=21&hl=en&start=15&sig2=IBYmMkME2DhuITuK5EA-DA&tbnid=0BMDxvlG5JHNAM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=124&ei=2-P7RtrPM53yeJ618LAC&prev=/images%3Fq%3DTree%2BJena%2BHigh%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den

http://www.abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=3607084&page=1

If I were the school administrator, rather than remove the "offending" tree, I would have cancelled classes one day and had a school picnic under it.

Each student would be paired with a kid that he didn't know well, and have to get to know him well enough to introduce him to the rest of the class, discuss his family, his interests and his future plans.

According to Newsweek the tree was cut down and used for firewood.

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Resin Northumberland, United Kingdom(Zone 9a) Sep 27, 2007

Very sad. I agree your solution sounds much nicer!

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Len123 Adrian, MO(Zone 6a) Sep 28, 2007

I woulda just pruned some switches off from it and give them all a whippin'.

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escambiaguy Atmore, AL(Zone 8b) Sep 29, 2007

I would give my opinion, but it would probably get me in trouble here.

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snapple45 Holland, OH(Zone 5b) Sep 29, 2007

Give me a land of boughs in leaf,
A land of trees that stand;
Where trees are fallen there is grief;
I love no leafless land."
- A.E. Housman



Sadly fitting and rather prophetic.

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