53 bicycles: A lateral thinking puzzle

I haven’t heard this, but I think I have a pretty good guess:

Is he happy about being a dad?

The stranger is a new-born baby. The wife died in childbirth.

Yup.

Well, mixed feelings, given the circumstances.

I just read about a unique school in Arizona. The teachers are career criminals. The students have mostly not committed any crimes. The parents of the students do not care much about any of this. The police do not get involved. Huh?

Do the teachers teach regular school subjects? (English, Maths, History, Science etc.)
Did the teachers commit crimes that under Arizona law, they would normally receive a prison sentence?

Is it a doggy school?

Oh, forgetting about standard American terminology versus UK

When you say “school” do you mean an institution that mainly educates people 18 and under?

Yes to subjects taught

No to Arizona crimes under Arizona law

No.

Yes.

Does “career criminal” mean “person who has regularly committed acts that are against the law over an extended period of time”

If yes, did all the teachers commit the same, (or substantially similar) crime?

No.

Possibly (un?)helpful hint: blame can be laid on coyotes

They set booby-traps for Road Runners, but were never convicted?

Is immigration involved?

No.

  1. Are the students in grades K-12?
  2. Could the school be anywhere else besides Arizona?
  3. If so, would those other places have similar geographical characteristics to Arizona?
  4. Are the parents alive?
  5. Is some kind of hunting involved?

Were the crimes the teachers committed considered crimes by the state of Arizona?
Were they considered crimes by the federal government of the US?
Were they considered crimes in any jurisdiction at all in the US?
Did the crimes they commit require specialized skills?
Are they still committing crimes, while employed as teachers?

  1. Yes
  2. Yes
  3. Not relevant
  4. Yes
  5. No

No to all. But they are still criminals thanks to those damn coyotes.

I am going to work now and cannot answer more until later.

Is “criminal” a nickname for something benign, e.g a local sports team?