Edwardsville, IL schools let dead cats out of bag

There may be more than one way to skin a cat, but at senior high school biology classes in Edwardsville, Illinois, there's no way to dissect one. That's because school district Superintendent Ed Hightower (who'll probably referee an NCAA Final Four game in a few weeks) recently caved in to a bunch of ignorant loudmouths at the local American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and cancelled the scheduled after-hours Honors courses in cat anatomy after the ASPCA labelled them "unconscionable". News flash, folks - the bloody cat is already dead when the students insert the scalpel, killed humanely, as it turns out. Any cruelty here? Maybe referee Hightower could have tried explaining this and the benefits of such courses rather than let "activists" dictate the agenda.