Be Sure to Slow Down in the SCOHOL Zone

Inevitably, when you blog about someone else's misspelling, you'll misspell something in your own article, but we're willing to take that chance. Turns out workers painting "School Zone" in front of Goulds Elementary School in Southwest Miami-Dade accidently misspelled it as "Scohol Zone." Authorities say it will be corrected. A similar...

By Kyle Munzenrieder

June 25, 2009

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Inevitably, when you blog about someone else's misspelling, you'll misspell something in your own article, but we're willing to take that chance. Turns out workers painting "School Zone" in front of Goulds Elementary School in Southwest Miami-Dade accidently misspelled it as "Scohol Zone." Authorities say it will be corrected.

A similar mistake took place in Seminole County in 2007, perhaps explaining why Florida ranks so low in education.

[SunSent: Painters: Can you spell "Scohol'' as in school zone?]

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