I apologize for my premature naming of March's meathead of the month. Michael Schiavo would have made a MUCH better candidate than Mark McGwire. But, mistakes being what they are, I can move on with my "can't miss" for April.

This month's meatheads (can't name one without the other) are India Akins, the mother of the arrested five year old, and the school that the five year old attended.

India Akins deserves this award for absolving herself of parental responsibility above and beyond the call of duty in response to her child acting like a horse's patoot in training.

The school district deserves this award for overreacting and failing to act according to preset protocols.

The sad part of it all is, the loser in all of this is probably the child, who'd better get used to a set of handcuffs and the inside of a holding cell. She's likely to see them again, and often if things don't change.