Staff hospitalised after being attacked by pupils and millions of pounds spent on keeping unruly kids in secure units.
Just two of the hard-hitting issues we examine as, after the lengthy summer break, youngsters prepare for the return to school.
For many, school days are the best days of their life but, for a small minority, it is a riotous time of wilful disobedience. Find out more as we launch a three-part investigation into classroom behaviour.
Meanwhile, in happier news, it’s boom time for Perth, Scotland’s newest city. We have amazing predictions of a major population explosion (there’s the boom) that will require 10,000 homes to be built in the next ten years alone. Wowser.
It has been dubbed the Steptoe House, but there’s precious little funny about the news council tax payers won’t see a penny paid back following numerous and very pricey clear-ups of a notorious Tayside property. Tsk tsk.
Are you looking forward to music extravaganza Jam in the Park at Camperdown this October? If you are, stop right now. The proposed knees-up has been postponed after the organisers ran into difficulty booking bands. Boo. It should now be held in May though. Hurrah.
Monday was the twelfth. And it was glorious. Particularly for those keen on shooting birds out of the sky. We have full reports and pictures.
What is next for Dundee FC? Our man Craig Smith has all the latest following a meeting to decide future ownership of the Dens Park outfit.
Meanwhile, all the Scottish football leagues are up and running but the focus switches to an international the oldest of the lot.
Scotland play England at Wembley on Wednesday night and we have five pages of build-up, including interviews with Don Hutchison, Craig Brown, Mark McGhee and Roy Hodgson.
Locally, we’ve also got the latest news from McDiarmid, Dens and Tannadice.
Norman Watson reports from the Moscow World Athletics Championship, where another local girl has had a good day.
For more on all of these delectable delights be absolutely certain to pick up Tuesday’s Courier or why not give our equally tasty digital edition a spin?