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THE DEATH OF COMMON SENSE -- PART 2,856

#1 Postby TexasStooge » Sat Oct 11, 2003 12:01 pm

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.
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#2 Postby Stephanie » Sat Oct 11, 2003 1:54 pm

I can't believe that the courts even took that case. What a waste of taxpayer's time & money! :grr:
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#3 Postby StormCrazyIowan » Sat Oct 11, 2003 4:52 pm

Good cripes, has this world gone mad?? (Don't anwser that!)
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#4 Postby CajunMama » Sat Oct 11, 2003 10:37 pm

LOL...that's the state of Louisiana for you...our state motto should be "Land of the Frivolous Lawsuits"!
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#5 Postby David » Sat Oct 11, 2003 10:42 pm

Expelled for having inhalers? Wow.. i'd love to have one so i could be expelled and give a good speech to the superintendent. :)
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#6 Postby GalvestonDuck » Sun Oct 12, 2003 9:47 am

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.
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#7 Postby David » Sun Oct 12, 2003 10:23 am

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. :roll:
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#8 Postby ColdFront77 » Mon Oct 13, 2003 11:36 pm

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. :roll:

A student (who has asthma) gave his inhaler to his girlfriend who was having an asthma attack.
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