High School Scandal Hits Small South Carolina Town

Ware Shoals, SC (TLS). The sleepy southern town of Ware Shoals, located in the beautiful upstate of South Carolina, is an unlikely setting for a major scandal involving a teacher, a principal, and high school cheerleaders. This area is known for its charming southern hospitality, a friendly and safe environment for families, and a deeply religious heritage rooted in Baptist evangelical Christianity.

Most people in these parts were thoroughly shocked when news broke last week that a high school cheerleading coach at Ware Shoals High School had been arrested for giving alcohol to minors and placing those minors in what law enforcement officials described as 'highly inappropriate and compromising situations.' Allegedly, the coach in question would get certain members of her cheerleading squad out of class during school hours to go to an undisclosed location where alcohol would be served, along with the unspecified 'compromising situation.'

Two shocking aspects of this case came to light today, as law enforcement officials arrested the school principal on charges that she covered up the activities of the cheerleader coach. In addition, several school board members in Ware Shoals are family members of the accused coach.

The Liberty Sphere's sources in the area have revealed widespread public skepticism concerning the participation of the high school principal in a cover-up. Her arrest has left citizens in Ware Shoals wondering if perhaps the local law enforcement authorities went too far in attempting to discover a conspiracy where there may not be one. Local citizens seem willing to give the beleaguered principal the benefit of the doubt until all the facts are in.

As for the cheerleading coach, sentiment grows a bit more fuzzy. The thing about small southern towns is that word travels quickly and young people tend to have an inbred conscience, a basic knowledge of right and wrong, that leads them to blow the whistle on any sleazy activity of this nature.

Yet here again, the facts are not yet in. The accused must be given the benefit of the doubt.

Needless to say, however, this case has set the tongues wagging and the town ablaze with speculation. The townspeople who were contacted indicated that things like this are highly unusual in a place like Ware Shoals, and they are ready for the talk of the town to revert back to more genteel topics.