WINDSOR — - Why, you stupid #&#!&@#!!

That will be $103, please.

Under a new campaign against bad language at Windsor High School,students caught swearing at a teacher or classmate will now be ticketed for creating a public disturbance, an infraction carrying that mouth-clamping fine.

Principal Russell Sills notified parents that town police in the school would start issuing the tickets this week.

Students "who use profanity directed toward a teacher, toward another student in class or during a verbal altercation in the hallway or cafeteria," will be ticketed, Sills informed parents in a letter dated Jan. 28.

When he introduced the policy at a student assembly last week, Sills said he emphasized that profanity simply has no place in a school.

"I told the kids we all know all these words. The reality is you make a conscious choice not to use those words here. We're hoping we don't have to hand out a lot of tickets."

No tickets had been issued as of Thursday, he said.

Student groups will lead an educational campaign designed to get students thinking hard before they cut loose with a stream of cuss words that could lighten their or their parents' wallets.

The ticketing policy received mixed reviews from students. Some said Thursday it was necessary and will change behavior. Others questioned its fairness.

"I don't have $103. That's too much. We've got enough problems already. I can't even afford lunch," said Tyshawn Hicks, a junior.
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