Student fake ID ring busted, pictures not "ferda" 

After new school IDs were handed out in the first few weeks of the school year, students had mixed reactions about the photos on the IDs. Some were not happy about how their pictures turned out after being given no mirror and just one take. 

So one entrepreneurial kid at Mount Carmel took this as a business opportunity and started to sell fake school IDs at school. 

Sophomore Nick Riordan took this problem and turned it into a solution. He started to make fake IDs that look exactly like the MC ones, but instead of the students having suits or nice jackets on, they can wear whatever they want. 

“I took a massive problem that students were facing and made all the students happy while making a little money,” said Riordan. “Students should be able to express themselves and not look like they are working for a bank and helping my parents do their taxes.” 

  Not everyone at MC sees the fake IDs as a positive.

“Students have taken this too far,” said tech teacher Matthew McGuir. “It looks like the IDs that someone would get at a frat house. Mount Carmel is not some building filled with rowdy young men not taking their lives seriously. We are a great school who has provided a great education for students since before World War Two. Today in Video Media, a student walked into his class with his new ID on. I took a glance at it, and it was a picture of him with no shirt on, backwards hat, sunglasses, and his hair all over the place. He had lettuce growing all over his head. This is not what Carmel is about.”

This new side hustle for Riordan is also costing the school money because the school makes around five thousand dollars a year on IDs, lanyards, and plastic pouches when students lose or damage their and have to get replacements. Now students are taking great care of these IDs because they are so proud of the pictures. This has taken a big hit to the school budget, and now it is now cutting into the faculty’s free coffee. 

“I need coffee, yo-u, yoo-u ddont undderst-and,” stammered Mr. Baffoe, a coffee drinker. “I function on it. The only reason I like this job is because of the coffee. This is my everything. They CAN’T, take this away. I’m gonna rob Riordan. Take all of his little cash that he is making. Yeah, I'm gonna rob him.”

Teachers at MC eventually won this battle versus Riordan after a settlement was arranged. Riordan will get a 10 point boost on his homework assignments in Mr. Guaramatos Spanish 1 class in exchange for Riordan shutting down his illegal business. 

“I loved that business,” said Riordan in a statement released through his attorney. “I was making $200 a week and it was amazing. But when amazing opportunities come up, you can't miss them. I needed those extra points because that class is impossible. I am happy with the deal, and I hope the relations between all teachers and I can move in a positive direction.”

This new business is now over and things have gotten back to normal. Mr. Bill Nolan will still bug students walking through the halls for not having their ID’s on, Mr. Baffoe will still make a kid tape it to their chest if they don’t have a lanyard, and students will forget to wear their ID’s. Mount Carmel High School will be back to normal, for now.