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THE DEATH OF COMMON SENSE -- PART 2,856
Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2003 12:01 pm
by TexasStooge
Schools in Rapides Parish, La., have a new policy: students may not be drunk or under the influence of illegal drugs at school. The policy was instituted since the old policy only prohibited "possession" of drugs which, argued the parents of a middle school student who sued, did not include drugs inside the body. Their child had been expelled for testing positive for marijuana. The School Board settled with the parents and instituted the new rule to avoid further lawsuits. (Alexandria Town Talk) ...Yet thanks to "Zero Tolerance" they expel kids for having asthma inhalers.
Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2003 1:54 pm
by Stephanie
I can't believe that the courts even took that case. What a waste of taxpayer's time & money!
Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2003 4:52 pm
by StormCrazyIowan
Good cripes, has this world gone mad?? (Don't anwser that!)
Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2003 10:37 pm
by CajunMama
LOL...that's the state of Louisiana for you...our state motto should be "Land of the Frivolous Lawsuits"!
Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2003 10:42 pm
by David
Expelled for having inhalers? Wow.. i'd love to have one so i could be expelled and give a good speech to the superintendent.
Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2003 9:47 am
by GalvestonDuck
David wrote:Expelled for having inhalers? Wow.. i'd love to have one so i could be expelled and give a good speech to the superintendent.
Actually, it wasn't because the student had a inhaler. It was because he shared it with another student.
Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2003 10:23 am
by David
GalvestonDuck wrote:David wrote:Expelled for having inhalers? Wow.. i'd love to have one so i could be expelled and give a good speech to the superintendent.
Actually, it wasn't because the student had a inhaler. It was because he shared it with another student.
Well... did the student need it? If not, then I could understand them telling the kid NOT to do that.. not expel him. If the student DID need it, and he still got expelled, those people need a life.
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2003 11:36 pm
by ColdFront77
David wrote:Well... did the student need it? If not, then I could understand them telling the kid NOT to do that.. not expel him. If the student DID need it, and he still got expelled, those people need a life.
A student (who has asthma) gave his inhaler to his girlfriend who was having an asthma attack.