I'll copy/paste from when I wrote it at another forum:
This is so wrong. I can't believe this even was allowed to happen. Get this:
Awhile back, my sister's high school stopped allowing backpacks or purses of any kind. This made it hard for her to bring her books and any feminine-type things she needed to carry with her. The whole school was pretty upset and my sister helped to stage a walkout protest that attracted dozens and dozens of kids, and this made local and state news. She was one of only a couple who were suspended for doing this. (The principal had come down to personally tell them no one would be suspended...then the assistant principal came down and suspended her.)
Flip forward a month or two. The guy who suspended her had it out for her since then. He called her into his office one day and told her he suspected she had drugs on her. He searched her (ILLEGALLY) in his office, by himself. He did not bother to call the female nurse (who handles searches) or the female police officer that is always in school. Well, big surprise - he found nothing. My sister was mortified and was crying and had to go home. Now, because he didn't FULLY search her - thank god - he now says he always suspected she was hiding the drugs in her bra!! Of course, if that was his suspicion, he either didn't do his job by fully checking, or he did nothing to clear her of the suspicion.
Last Thursday, my sis had to go to the hospital again (she has chronic bronchitis and asthma) and got an inhaler and some medicine with codeine. She did not bring either of these to school with her.
Friday, she was called into the same assistant principal's office because she had "been seen using the bathroom too much; it was suspicious. She must have drugs on her. In fact, we think she is SELLING speed!!!" She was with another girl in the bathroom between classes, and that girl was let go with no office visit.
They searched my sister - and again found nothing! They said she must be under the influence so they tested her bloodpressure and pulse. Both were elevated. Um DUH. She's on medicine that does that and she's scared out of her mind! Plus, the guy intimidates her and was standing with her in the nurse's office during this!! They then gave her the "follow the pen with your eye" test. Which they said she did "incorrrectly."
Do you know what they did?!
They suspended her for five days and after taht she was expelled until she passed a drug test!!
Mind you they found NOTHING. Nothing ON her, nothing in her stuff. Nothing in the bathroom where this supposedly happened. Nothing. They were told she was taking medication that the dr. SAID elevated pulse and blood pressure anyway. She couldn't do the eye test because she was crying hysterically and coudn't catch her breath (from the asthma).
She received a letter saying she had violated the school's drug policy!!!
My parents had to miss three days of work to stay with her and take her to the hospital for tests. The drug test cost 300$!
So, the test results were .....drum roll please....NEGATIVE. For everything.
Mind you the week she was suspended, this week, was midterms. She missed them and is now failing every class she has and her teachers and friends think she was FOUND SELLING DRUGS, because she was suspended.
My mother in law works in the shcool as an administrative assistant and said she'd never heard anything like it.
My parents went down to the school with the results and the principal defended their actions! On what grounds I have no clue. My parents had to fight to get even an apology (they still have to pay for the tests and missed work) and they're still not sure if they'll allow her to make up midterms.
This has GOT to be illegal. I can't even believe they can do this. It makes me sick.
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So, since then, my parents finally got the principal to admit to allowing her any resource she needs to make up midterms, to give her an apology, and to remove the suspension from her record. I would likely have not stopped there, but whatever.
Pretty sure I missed the section in my Educational Structure and Law classes where you could be punished on the sole ground of suspicion!
This is so wrong. I can't believe this even was allowed to happen. Get this:
Awhile back, my sister's high school stopped allowing backpacks or purses of any kind. This made it hard for her to bring her books and any feminine-type things she needed to carry with her. The whole school was pretty upset and my sister helped to stage a walkout protest that attracted dozens and dozens of kids, and this made local and state news. She was one of only a couple who were suspended for doing this. (The principal had come down to personally tell them no one would be suspended...then the assistant principal came down and suspended her.)
Flip forward a month or two. The guy who suspended her had it out for her since then. He called her into his office one day and told her he suspected she had drugs on her. He searched her (ILLEGALLY) in his office, by himself. He did not bother to call the female nurse (who handles searches) or the female police officer that is always in school. Well, big surprise - he found nothing. My sister was mortified and was crying and had to go home. Now, because he didn't FULLY search her - thank god - he now says he always suspected she was hiding the drugs in her bra!! Of course, if that was his suspicion, he either didn't do his job by fully checking, or he did nothing to clear her of the suspicion.
Last Thursday, my sis had to go to the hospital again (she has chronic bronchitis and asthma) and got an inhaler and some medicine with codeine. She did not bring either of these to school with her.
Friday, she was called into the same assistant principal's office because she had "been seen using the bathroom too much; it was suspicious. She must have drugs on her. In fact, we think she is SELLING speed!!!" She was with another girl in the bathroom between classes, and that girl was let go with no office visit.
They searched my sister - and again found nothing! They said she must be under the influence so they tested her bloodpressure and pulse. Both were elevated. Um DUH. She's on medicine that does that and she's scared out of her mind! Plus, the guy intimidates her and was standing with her in the nurse's office during this!! They then gave her the "follow the pen with your eye" test. Which they said she did "incorrrectly."
Do you know what they did?!
They suspended her for five days and after taht she was expelled until she passed a drug test!!
Mind you they found NOTHING. Nothing ON her, nothing in her stuff. Nothing in the bathroom where this supposedly happened. Nothing. They were told she was taking medication that the dr. SAID elevated pulse and blood pressure anyway. She couldn't do the eye test because she was crying hysterically and coudn't catch her breath (from the asthma).
She received a letter saying she had violated the school's drug policy!!!
My parents had to miss three days of work to stay with her and take her to the hospital for tests. The drug test cost 300$!
So, the test results were .....drum roll please....NEGATIVE. For everything.
Mind you the week she was suspended, this week, was midterms. She missed them and is now failing every class she has and her teachers and friends think she was FOUND SELLING DRUGS, because she was suspended.
My mother in law works in the shcool as an administrative assistant and said she'd never heard anything like it.
My parents went down to the school with the results and the principal defended their actions! On what grounds I have no clue. My parents had to fight to get even an apology (they still have to pay for the tests and missed work) and they're still not sure if they'll allow her to make up midterms.
This has GOT to be illegal. I can't even believe they can do this. It makes me sick.
***
So, since then, my parents finally got the principal to admit to allowing her any resource she needs to make up midterms, to give her an apology, and to remove the suspension from her record. I would likely have not stopped there, but whatever.
Pretty sure I missed the section in my Educational Structure and Law classes where you could be punished on the sole ground of suspicion!
