'Mean Girls'

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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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."

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.

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.

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

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

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."

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.

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.

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

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.

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).

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.

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.

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

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!!

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.