[quote]It seems to me that it may be time to give all school administrators a course in remedial thinking. Here's another absolutely ridiculous case where a student was suspended from school after turning down drugs from another student.
The parents of a Kentuckiana seventh grade student say their young daughter was suspended from school for doing exactly what she's been taught to do for years - to just say no to drugs.
The girl did not bring the prescription drug to her Jeffersonville, IN school, nor did she take it, but she admits that she touched it and in Greater Clark County Schools that is drug possession.
Here are the details:
Rachael Greer said it happened on Feb. 23 during fifth period gym class at River Valley Middle School when a girl walked into the locker room with a bag of pills.
"She was talking to another girl and me about them and she put one in my hand and I was like, 'I don't want this,' so I put it back in the bag and I went to gym class," said Rachael.
The pills were the prescription ADHD drug, Adderall. Patty Greer, Rachael's mother, said she and her husband are proud of their daughter for turning down drugs, just like she's been taught for years by DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) instructors at school.
"I'm proud her conscience kicked in and she said, 'No, I'm not taking this. Here you can have it back,'" Patty Greer said.
But just saying no didn't end the trouble for Rachael. During the next period, an assistant principal came and took Rachael out of class. It turned out the girl who originally had the pills and a few other students got caught. That's when the assistant principal gave Rachael a decision.
"We're suspending you for five days because it was in your hand," said Rachael.
After hearing the news, Patty Greer went to school officials.
"He said she wrote it down on a witness statement and she had told the truth, he said she was very, very honest and he said he was sorry he had to do it but it was school policy," said Patty Greer.
According to Greater Clark County Schools district policy, even a touch equals drug possession and a one week suspension.
"The fact of the matter is, there were drugs on school campus and it was handled, so there was a violation of our policy," said Martin Bell, COO of Greater Clark County Schools.
We wanted to know what would have happened if Rachael had told a teacher right away. Bell said the punishment would not have been any different. District officials say if they're not strict about drug policies no one will take them seriously.
As if someone could or should take them seriously now? The kid did the right thing. She should be applauded, not punished.[/quote]
Source: [url]http://scienceblogs.com/dispatches/2010/03/another_dumbass_school_officia.php[/url]
Who cares if it's policy, according to their policy, if it was thrown at her and hit her then she handled it and should be suspended.
Holy shit, my city! :buddy:
Seriously, what I heard was curiosity killed her. She wanted to know about the drugs and had them in her hand without telling the teacher.
If she was protecting her friends or not, she still should had told the teacher.
[QUOTE=Benie;20669227]This is old. Heard this on our local news last week.
Holy shit, my city! :buddy:[/QUOTE]
The article is only a few hours old, but yeah, it says it happened the 23rd of last month.
Goddammit, school system. :doh:
good for her
ADHD drugs. ha
sounds like they arent getting enough of their pills there...
those school administrators are fucking retarded
This type of bullshit angers me. People are [b]morons[/b].
No real surprise, school administrators in this country are universally ass-backwards. It's a job requirement.
Say yes to drugs.
:cop:
Now, I bet if she had taken it she wouldn't have got in trouble.
I'm above the influence!
[QUOTE=Eli Vance;20669352]Say yes to drugs.
:cop:[/QUOTE]
Say maybe to drugs.
[QUOTE=Risonhighmer;20669389]I'm above the influence![/QUOTE]
You are expelled
[QUOTE=Risonhighmer;20669389]I'm above the influence![/QUOTE]
Lol gtfo.
she shud 'ave eatin all the pills and be like pac-men and just like i dunno run away real fast because of the ritalin and stuff haha or maybe just down and done homework because i hear thats what ritalin mades adhd spazzers do.
-dr.strang3l0v2!! peace
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[QUOTE=davidofmk771;20669400]Say maybe to drugs.[/QUOTE]
Stay politically neutral on drugs.
[QUOTE]"The fact of the matter is, there were drugs on school campus and it was handled, so there was a violation of our policy," said Martin Bell, COO of Greater Clark County Schools.[/QUOTE]
The fact of the matter is rules have exceptions, dumbass, and this is one of them
Tell the truth and get punished or lie and get off scott free...
[quote]"The fact of the matter is, there were drugs on school campus and it was handled, so there was a violation of our policy," said Martin Bell, COO of Greater Clark County Schools.[/quote]
Someone throw a bunch of drugs at this man and hope he catches some of them.
HAHA, I should go around my school with some drugs and touch people with it, so then they get suspended.
[QUOTE=Exuberance;20669566]HAHA, I should go around my school with some drugs and touch people with it, so then they get suspended.[/QUOTE]
It's like freeze tag, but with suspensions instead of having to stand in one spot.
Actually, you probably don't get the reference as your school has most certainly banned freeze tag. Incites violence or something.
take a bag of adderall
tell people to close their eyes and hold out their hand
give them the pill
run away laughing as they get suspended
[QUOTE=MegaJohnny;20669472]The fact of the matter is rules have exceptions, dumbass, and this is one of them[/QUOTE]
Zero Tolerance Policies have no exceptions.
[QUOTE=Zeke129;20669607]It's like freeze tag, but with suspensions instead of having to stand in one spot.
Actually, you probably don't get the reference as your school has most certainly banned freeze tag. Incites violence or something.[/QUOTE]
Very funny, there is no fun allowed in high school remember. But in my old elementary school they banned everything, wall ball, football, soccer, dodgeball, running on black top, no swinging too high on swings, no yelling, no [B][I][U]TAG[/U][/I][/B], no marco polo, and no staring at the noon aids. All that shit was just for recess too.
i take that adderall stuff
So if she had taken the drugs she wouldn't get in trouble, but when she said no, the one thing they constantly hammer into kids to do, she got in trouble?
Gee, that's really encouraging her to say no, I bet after hearing this all the kids will tell the teacher when they are offered drugs, especially when they know that they'll be in less trouble if they take them.
[QUOTE=^0mKTank;20669154]Who cares if it's policy, according to their policy, if it was thrown at her and hit her then she handled it and should be suspended.[/QUOTE]
It's like a rapist giving the victim sleeping pills, and right before the victim, unrealising, takes the pills - police kick in and arrest the victim for handling drugs.
That's a bit far-out IMO..
Suspending for touching can work if someone's supposed to hold a doobie while the original guy scrathes his butt, that's breaking the rules, at least he did not deny the drug.
[QUOTE=Used Car Salesman;20669319]No real surprise, school administrators in this country are universally ass-backwards. It's a job requirement.[/QUOTE]
More like the whole world, it's no different over here.
say OMGWTFBBQ to drugs... then take em all :)
[QUOTE=yawmwen;20669652]Zero Tolerance Policies have no exceptions.[/QUOTE]
A public school isn't exactly a legal environment, they can change policy at any time.
Edit:
Spelling; Blame my [i]public[/i] school education.
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