'Mean Girls'

Boozing, bikinis and bullying: how the scandalous behavior of five high-school cheerleaders rocked a bedroom community near Dallas.

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  • Posted By: hlgns763 @ 05/26/2009 5:12:03 PM

    well, they wanted to be like the glorified cheerleaders that hollywood cranks out for these little kids, and they fit the stereotype perfectly. not suprised by any of this, and honestly, if you are, where have you been?

    f*ck em. they will grow up to be nothing but entitled whores that think the world owes them fame/money/respect/power. and the only people they will have to blame (or thank, depending on your point of view) in the end is the horsesh!t parents that reered them. nice job mom, your daughter is a selfish, dependent, immature, b!tch. what a waste, these girls could be so much more. like high paid escorts or something.

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  • Posted By: rfk1967 @ 05/25/2009 11:20:52 PM

    There is so much to be disturbed by in this article: the utter disrespect and contempt of these girls for those in authority; the refusal of the principal/parent to provide any sort of appropriate guidance or discipline; and an assistant high school principal incorrectly using the word "reticence" when he probably meant "reluctance."

  • Posted By: Neso @ 05/25/2009 10:34:44 PM

    It shouldn't be a surprise, but what is a surprise to me is the mother. She let her daughter and her friends continue what they did and it seemed like she didn't give it a second thought seeing as how she let them off the hook for like years. I'm sorry but after reading this, I'd have to say she failed as a mother and a principal.

  • Posted By: klatu80 @ 05/13/2009 2:10:17 PM

    This stuff happens all the time in high schools - it's typical teen behavior. When I was in high school 12 years ago in Plano (close to McKinney) my friends and I did way worse stuff than these girls. We got in trouble occasionally, but it was never national news.

    • Posted By: Neso @ 05/25/2009 10:29:46 PM

      If you don't mind me asking; how worse could it get?

  • Posted By: Domoque1990 @ 05/25/2009 10:29:42 PM

    Im sorry but nobody in school shouldnt be acting like that. i dont give a damn if you are a cheerleader! You just like everyone else in the school. Except you're on a team. Im sorry but these little girls would NOT have been running me like they crazy.

  • Posted By: Belles @ 05/06/2009 1:49:18 PM

    In Texas, life is about football and cheerleading.. why is this story not a surprise to me?

  • Posted By: Belles @ 05/06/2009 1:48:00 PM

    In Texas, it's football and cheerleading.. why is this not a big surprise?

  • Posted By: chris s. @ 03/21/2009 2:52:44 PM

    A classic case of lazy parenting. Just give in to the kids. That's the easy way out and it keeps them quiet, for awhile. Until the next tantrum.

    Bet these kids and their families go to church on sunday and can "talk the talk."

  • Posted By: ficheye @ 03/21/2009 2:05:49 PM

    One of the comments said 'kids will be kids". And this person has the spelling skills of a fourth grader as well.

    These girls should have had their asses kicked relentlessly, especially for the way that they undermined the authority of their teachers. They set an example for the other kids. This is the kind of problem that spells out how immature we are as a nation, a reflection of our national 'party' consciousness. The other kids should have just kicked their asses on a daily basis. They were just acting out examples of behavior that they took from 'B' grade movies.

    I hope that after their third divorce that these girls might get a clue as to how repellent and ugly they are. Kids can be cruel. It's up to their parents to get that under control or to send them off to some sort of attitude adjustment school if they can't get it together. It's just this type of elitist behavior that is starting to define us as a country not to be respected but abhorred. 'peaceandlove', get a clue. You are just the kind of fool that would let this behavior go by, possibly because that's how you acted. Though it's possible that you are still in high school. Grow up. These babes need to be in a camp of some sort.

  • Posted By: endeavour @ 03/20/2009 5:37:10 PM

    This behavior by both the out of control abusive teens and their parents is not an uncommon niche in affluent Dallas suburbs. These nouveau riche parents either 'compete' with their children (plastic surgery, attire, etc..) and/or would rather be their kids' friends. I'm very supportive of my children, however, I'm old-school when it comes to children respecting authority and respecting other children, regardless of age. The apple does not fall far from the tree in most cases, and I see lots of these rotten apples around town.

  • Posted By: peaceandlove33 @ 03/20/2009 2:03:45 PM

    i think it was tottaly blown out of porption kids well be kids and i know pleanty of ppl that got drunk and high school and skiped class so these girls werent perfect and maybe there parents werent either but it really doesnt need to be this blown up

  • Posted By: vw1882 @ 03/18/2009 11:00:32 PM

    what!! so the crappy principal / irresponsible parent SETTLED!! with the school district, got money and a lie of a recommendation. Woohoo, I knew we could count on that school district. I'm glad I know her name, I'd hate for her to work for my school district. She pretty much got a chance to screw up again. And she raised a little snot who will only treat people like crap!!

    • Posted By: MimiTX @ 03/19/2009 10:27:26 PM

      And believe me...some school hired this creepy lady in their school here in Texas after all...no justice at all...shame on Texas school district...most of the schools i know here have many issues when it comes up to discipline the kids...but as always, in those days, there are more stupid parents who don't know how to raise their own kids than in 10 years ago...things are changing for the worse...everywhere

      • Posted By: hlgns763 @ 03/20/2009 11:22:42 AM

        its interesting to find the correlation between how school boards and districts handle different situation and how they handle them compared to the religious/political background of the state. being that texas is an obvious red/conservative state its a wonder how such a thing has been allowed to occur, and continue to occur at that.

        and someone mentioned above that no one in college is going to take they're sh*t IF they go to college... the sad thing is, people like this, apparently, are reduced to just being tolerated and not disciplined. they will get worse before they get better, and in the process they will lose they're egos, friends, support, scholarships, grades, and what little respect they had to begin with... the mother will see the error of her parenting ways all too late to make a good difference...

        its funny that this story is so cliche, they even called themselves "Fab Five".... i used to spit on girls like that, just to bring them down a couple notches and get them on the level with all of us other poupers and peasants.

        im finding more and more, or so it seems, that kids are having a harder time finding a balance between they're private lives with they're friends and the lives they carry out in society. i used to act very cordial, very respectful, nice, and attentive when the situation called for it. but when the time was over, i was smoking and drinking like a grown man and partying like i was a college drop out. and i stilled graduated highschool, i was still involved in my school, i still took advanced classes, i went on to college, graduated, and am now for the most part have a healthy balance between work and play.

        these issues all fall upon the shoulders of parents, and really, double shame on the mother/principle aspect of the story. letting your kids get away with murder isnt going to assist them in life, it will only be a detriment to them. i bet you 10,000 dollars that mother was drinking and partying with her daughters on the weekends... i knew many a parent that did, and some were teachers....

  • Posted By: nonsuperiorbeing @ 03/20/2009 8:58:43 AM

    75,000 and a letter of recommendation. Mother seems a lot like the daughter, no shame at all. And the school board not much better, not to insist on an apology. And her lawyers morals not so high, either. Its ok to be a bully, as long as you have a lawyer.

  • Posted By: Cyberskin49 @ 03/19/2009 12:46:01 PM

    Teens drinking....shocking. Young girls taking risque photos....never heard of such a thing. Teenagers backtalkng..who'd have thunk it. If one or all of these things hasn't happened in a teen household I'd be truly shocked. Why should we care about any of this?

    • Posted By: info_eyeson @ 03/20/2009 2:18:27 AM

      I have an answer for Cyberskin49
      We should care because we are human and because what happened what was the result of not caring
      I don't know if you are men or women but If I had kids I sure wouldn't want my kids to be bully like that nor been race like that

  • Posted By: becker1085 @ 03/20/2009 12:24:57 AM

    I sincerely hope that these girls get back all of the karma they bestowed upon others. I must say, no one is going to take their sh*t in college. Someone larger, meaner, and with more power and authority is going to take each and every one of them out, and they completely deserve it.

    Yes, I understand they were being teenagers, rebelling against parents and members of authority. So what? They were 17... completely old enough to know what they were doing and the consequences of their actions. This world is full of people who dont know who they are, much less give a crap about who their parents are. Hopefully it will come back to them 10 fold, and they can in turn raise their children to be respectful human beings (that is, if anyone is willing to put up with them and their attitudes).

  • Posted By: akiba1129 @ 03/19/2009 10:23:30 PM

    I recently moved to Texas, and this is the first time I ever heard of the Fab 5. I strongly think that the issues with those children is the lack of control from their parents. I hope that they have learned something from all of this, that is the children and the parents. In the real world they will find themselves in situations that their parents cannot get them out of. Also, you will have to pay for the bad decisons you make.

  • Posted By: vw1882 @ 03/18/2009 10:53:23 PM

    what!! so the crappy principal / irresponsible parent SETTLED!! with the school district, got money and an obvious lie of a recommendation. So she pretty much was rewarded. woohoo, ya, that's what i'm proud of in a school system. I'm glad I know her name, because I don't care for her to work for my school district. Giving her a recommendation is giving her a chance to screw up again. And she raised a little snot who will only treat people like crap.

  • Posted By: cheeky_baby08 @ 02/24/2009 9:30:39 AM

    yes actually i enjoyed the movie it was super good and these girls were wild and the ringleaders mother should be a parent not a litle sister

  • Posted By: NuNu @ 02/17/2009 7:47:09 PM

    oh i didnt read the entire thing now i see it says her mom was principle but still man just because she yo daughter dont mean she gets special consequences. they all should have been punished from the get go. all things work out in the end!!

  • Posted By: NuNu @ 02/17/2009 7:44:37 PM

    wasnt one of the girls mother the principle at the school && she always covered for the girls to keep them out of trouble until they got cauht by the investigators then the mom/principle tried to pul her daughter out of that school because she lost her job as a principle there.

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