A 'hug' gets a student a detention....

What a disgusting show of affection! This is from Mascoutah, Illinois.

Eighth-grader Megan Coulter said she never thought she could get in trouble for hugging.

The Mascoutah Middle School student said she couldn't believe it when Assistant Principal Randy Blakely approached her after school Friday with a two-day detention sentence for hugging two of her friends.

"I feel it is crazy," she said. "I was just giving them a hug goodbye for the weekend."

Superintendent Sam McGowen said he thinks the penalty is fair. He said Blakely and Principal Bob Stone were following the policy contained in the student handbook, which every student owns, every parent has read and the board of education approved.

"The principal and assistant principal who handled this were following the policy set out in the handbook," he said.

Megan's mother, Melissa Coulter, said she can't believe it.

"It's hilarious to the point of ridicule," Coulter said. "I'm still dumbfounded that she's having to do this."

Megan served her first after-school detention Monday and she will serve her second detention after school today -- one for each hug.