Yet another reason to be thankful you're not in middle school anymore -- this NJ township (way to go, home state) has limited to 15 the number of times per month students can leave class to go to the bathroom. For "security reasons," of course. Countdown to lawsuit in 10...9...8... I must add that I sympathize a little with the administrators here -- in my junior high, there was a small band of class-cutters who made life hell for all of us. One guy in particular would roam the halls, stand outside an open classroom door and flash the kids inside! Eventually they got roving hall monitors -- i.e., teachers during their prep period. Yeah, they weren't too happy about that.