High School Girl Expelled For 'advil' Possession

[DudeAsInCool]

What has gone wrong with our youth today? Elementary school boys groping girls; high school students popping 'Advil'; juvenile delinquents getting into fist fights in the classroom and stealing music over the internet. In our provocative series on Troubled Youth, Beatking will continue to keep you informed on this growing epidemic...

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Bossier Parish, Lousiana - December 4, 2004

School Board Upholds Girl's Expulsion for Possessing "Advil" at School

 

    The Bossier Parish School Board voted unanimously Thursday night to uphold the one-year expulsion of a high school student who brought an over-the-counter pain reliever to school.  The girl will be allowed to attend the district's alternative school during the one-year period.   She has now enrolled in that school.

    The girl was expelled earlier this week after administrators at Parkway High School found 'Advil' in the tenth grade student's purse.   Superintendent Ken Kruithof says the one-year expulsion is required for any student in the sixth grade or above found in possession of any type of pill.   Kruithof says the rule is clearly spelled out in the district's rule book.   "What we try to do is make sure kids and parents have good information," Kruithof said.  "Life is made up of choices and sometimes we choose wisely and sometimes we choose not so wise," Kruithof added.

     The student, Amanda Stiles, says she doesn't believe the punishment is just.  "We're old enough to know how many we can take without overdosing or being in danger of anything," Stiles said of having Advil on campus.   Her mother, Kelly Herpin, was disappointed by the ruling and says she's still considering whether to take legal action against the district.   "We realize she needed to be punished - she broke a school rule," Herpin said.  "But, I think a one-year expulsion for over-the-counter medication is pretty severe."

KSLA - Louisiana

[Shawn]

Was it at Beatking I read that article on how the 'no tolerance' rules that have gotten so popular don't work?

umm, well they don't.

[DudeAsInCool]

you are so right, cp. the authoritans need to be driven back to the stone age...

[ASUmusicMAN]

AHHH!!! F*CK Zero Tolerance!!

[rainbowdemon]

AHHH!!! F*CK Zero Tolerance!!

So what you're saying is, you have zero tolerance for zero tolerance?

:D :D

[Shawn]

ASUmusicMan has confused me.

(well, it's mainly RBD's fault)

[ASUmusicMAN]

LOL...thats right...i have no tolerance for zero tolerance...I will not tolerate it.