[robertpaulsen]

"I guess I fall into that 1/3 of our population that desires neither making or enforcing a bunch of silly rules, nor being governed by them."

First of all, the time to fight school policy is before your child breaks that policy, not afterwards.

Second, you're saying that you would support a school policy that allows kids to bring look-alike drugs to school? Geez, maybe they could use Monopoly money and do fake "deals" in the hallway between classes. Oh, and have fake drive-bys with fake guns.

You would, of course, allow look-alike guns, right? Hey, what's the harm?

And none of this would detract from a quality education.

[wintertime]

Second, you're saying that you would support a school policy that allows kids to bring look-alike drugs to school? ( Roberpaulsen)

Robertpaulsen,

Saying that I do not approve of "look-alike" drugs at does NOT mean that I approve of hauling a kid off to the police station if he does it.

I phone call to the parent, and a stern chat with the principal should be enough in most rational situations.

Government schools are child abuse. That is what has happened to this boy. Emotional Child abuse!

Geeze! An people wonder why boys are foundering in government schools and not making it in college?

To parents who are still sending children to government school:

WHY on earth are you doing this?????

[elkfersupper]

First of all, the time to fight school policy is before your child breaks that policy, not afterwards.

That only works until some idiotic educrat comes up with an off-the-wall interpretation of policy, as in this case.

[elkfersupper]

You would, of course, allow look-alike guns, right?

Actually, I would allow real guns. Every day of high school, I had a loaded rifle in a gun rack in my vehicle. Had I unlimbered it and proceeded to get into mischief, I would have been taken out by the Future Farmers of America, who both outnumbered and outgunned me.

This is as it should be.