Journalism Research and Random Meanderings

Sunday, December 12, 2004

Protecting children or covering their butts?  

School officials in the U.S. are a pretty powerful bunch. Canadian elementary school teachers and staff that I've dealt with while raising three kids are generally a fairly competent and caring bunch but I'm not sure that extends to forensics. They not only suspend this child but are testing her hair for drug use.

CNEWS - Weird News: Girl suspended over 'Jell-O shots': "

By DOUG SIMPSON - Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS (AP) An 8-year-old girl was suspended for nine days for bringing to school what appeared to be about 30 Jell-O shots though it was unclear whether they contained alcohol.

The incident occurred Nov. 29, as the girl stood after classes outside Geraldine Boudreaux Elementary School in Terrytown, a New Orleans suburb.

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The girl was suspended for violating school rules against possessing or trying to distribute a lookalike, or something that appears to contain drugs or alcohol.

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"The mother must also allow school officials to test her daughter's hair for signs of drug use," [school spokesman Jeff] Nowakowski said.

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You'd think they'd keep the child in school to keep her away from her bootlegging mother.

==PB==