[excalibur1701]

Good for the school. She knew the rules going into this. Is she can't follow rules, then she should be banned.

[Freedom2specul8]

Those rules should be about school property only. We have enough govt intrusion... :p

[headsonpikes]

Good for the school.

Jawohl, Colonel Klinck!

[Modernman]

Good for the school. She knew the rules going into this. Is she can't follow rules, then she should be banned.

The school has no power to tell students that they cannot engage in whatever legal behavior they want outside of school grounds.

[Hildy]

Wait a second...since when does the school have a RIGHT to tell a student what she can or cannot do when off school grounds. That's her parents job, not the school's. SMOKING IS LEGAL.

[Migjagger]

Intransigent, are we? You would be happy in a gulag.

[HELLRAISER II]

I guess they should be able to come in to their houses and see what the parents are up to as well, hell if they smoke maybe she ought to be kept from school even if she doesn't smoke. I bet there might even be a gun in the house, what if she owns a gun that her dad gave her, it's against the rules of the school so go ahead and expel her from school permanently. What a bunch of B.S. this is, quite frankly it's none of your business anymore than it's theirs, unless of course it happens on campus and then an only then should they have the right to punish her.

[tx_eggman]

Did the Germans win World War 2 on your bizarro world????

[MineralMan]

"Good for the school. She knew the rules going into this. Is she can't follow rules, then she should be banned."

You really should put a [sarcasm] notation on your messages. Surely you don't think all rules are good rules...or maybe you do.

[dirtboy]

Good for the school. She knew the rules going into this. Is she can't follow rules, then she should be banned.

She's an adult. Are you saying that a school has the right to dictate to a legal adult that they cannot engage in a legal activity off school grounds? What if they punished her for a political view? Or for driving an SUV?

[markv840]

That's ridiculous, no one should be punished for how they live their lives outside school grounds. This is a free country, people have the right to make their own decisions concerning their health, I would understand the school's position if she would have been smoking on school grounds, or if she was a minor, but since neither of those two factors is true, the school has no business in telling her how to live her life; Quite honestly, I'm also against the demonization of smokers, if people are judged for their decisions concerning their weight, then the next step would be to demonize overweight people, or people who sunbathe for too long for that matter.

[NautiNurse]

You have got to be joking. That's like losing a week's vacation for wearing blue jeans at home on Saturday when your workplace dress code doesn't permit them.

[MrsEmmaPeel]

State law trumps the school board, not the other way around.

[Hanging Chad]

Are you SURE you belong here?

[PA Engineer]

"Good for the school. She knew the rules going into this. Is she can't follow rules, then she should be banned."

Nothing like a little good old fashion goosestepping liberalism.

[Triple]

I wonder how many teachers are covered by the same school board rule. Do teachers have more rights than adult students?

[ClintonBeGone]

Ex, you're about to be run over by George Soros and his merry band of druggies. Take cover! Take cover!

[Bella_Bru]

Good for the school. She knew the rules going into this. Is she can't follow rules, then she should be banned.

If you think the reach of the school's authority should stretch beyond school property, then you certainly won't mind your local public school telling you what to teach your kids at home, right?

[Sir_Ed]

"If she can't follow rules, then she should be banned."

The sheeple must be instructed from day one that they MUST submit to authority!

Ed

[A. Pole]

Good for the school. She knew the rules going into this. Is she can't follow rules, then she should be banned.

I did not know that in America schools can own adult people.

[philetus]

Sure thing. Lets cheer the school board, dictating what the kids do away from school.

Good thing the school board isn't all vegetarians.